Yellowknife’s annual bike auction takes place on Saturday in the YK1 school district building’s downtown parking lot. Bike viewing is from 11am with the auction at noon.
Organizers say at least 15 bikes will be up for grabs – and possibly 20 or more.
“More are still coming in, and then we’re going to have a final tune-up workshop this Thursday,” said Shannon Jennings.
Jennings is the president of Yellowknife Mountain Bike Club and a member of Bikespace, a group based at the city’s Makerspace that helps people with basic tune-ups. Both organizations will benefit from the auction’s proceeds.
Jennings said funds raised will help Bikespace improve its tools and allow the mountain bike club to keep developing its bike park, where a pump track was built in 2021. The latest bike park project involves growing plants to stop erosion of…
