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Bike guides produced by WORCA (Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association).

Materials gathered by Brad Nichols, including volunteering handbooks for Whistler Blackcomb Events and Whistler Mountain Bike Park from 2017 and 2018, an invitation to the Illuminate Gala at the Audain Art Museum in 2019, the 1995 Greg Stump VHS mountain biking film "Pulp Traction", and a WORCA Toonie Race tentative schedule from 2020 which never came to fruition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Program for Fall Fork Fest, an event held in Whistler from the 23-26th of September in 1993. The Festival includes the Cheakamus Challenge Mountain Bike Race, a trailbuilding workshop, the WORCA Loonie Race, Whistler Backroads guided mountain bike tours, trial demos, the Fall Fork Fest benefit party, Biker's Breakfast, and a series of mountain bike competitions on Blackcomb Mountain (bunny hop contest, skid contest, dual hill climb, chainless downhill, vintage bike race, and kids parade).

The program includes a schedule of events, editorial piece, letter from the mayor, an article on competitions, an article on trails, an article on mountain bike trail advocacy, thank you's, and advertisements from sponsors.

Materials gathered by Brad Nichols relating to mountain biking, including the 1995 Greg Stump film "Pulp Traction" (known as one of the first mountain biking films ever made), and a tentative WORCA Toonie Race schedule from 2020 which never came to fruition due to COVID-19.

Planning documents created by the Whistler Cycling Committee, including drafts for Whistler mountain bike trail standards and a Whistler Bicycle Network Plan for the valley.

A Sea to Sky Mountain Bike Guide that shares information about mountain bike trails in Whistler from 1996. The Table of Contents includes trail etiquette, a map, Squamish bike trails, Whistler bike trails, Pemberton Bike trails, and Birkenhead bike trails. The back of the booklet lists bike shops, tours, restaurants, accommodations, Sea to Sky mountain bike events

59-page Whistler Bicycle Network Plan, second draft, prepared for the Resort Municipality of Whistler by the Whistler Cycling Committee in March 2002. It lays out a plan to increase transportational (non-recreational) bicycle use in Whistler by providing more routes and facilities for cyclists, with the ultimate goal of providing access for cyclists to all major destinations and neighbourhoods in the area. Additional programs aim to educate the public on safe cycling and road-sharing.

Table of Contents:

1) Introduction

• What is a Bicycle Network Plan
• How the Plan was Developed
• Goals of the Whistler Bicycle Network Plan
• Objectives of the Whistler Bicycle Network Plan
• Planning Principles
  2) Bicycle Network
• Bicycle Routes
• End-of-trip Facilities
• Intermodal connections
  3) Supporting Programs
• Community Participation
• Awareness and Education Programs
  4) Implementation
• Action Plan
• Network Priorities
• Cost Estimates
• Funding Opportunities
• Institutionalizing Cycling
• Monitoring
  5) Summary of Recommendations
• Bicycle Network Recommendations
• Supporting Program Recommendations
• Implementation Recommendations
  6) References
  7) Appendices
• Glossary
• Relationship to Other Plans
• Barriers to Cycling
• Implementation Priority Data

Whistler Bike Guide written by Charlie Doyle and Grant Lamont, including photos, maps, and descriptions of places to ride in the Whistler area, by region.

This fonds contains material created by the Whistler Cycling Committee, including the second draft of the Whistler Bicycle Network Plan (March 2002), a flyer about the Whistler Cycling Committee, and Whistler Trail Standards: Environmental and Technical Trail Features First Draft (September 2001).

Bike Guides from 1993 and 2007 produced by WORCA (Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association).