In Mississippi Mills the community has recognized Bicycle Month for eight years longer than the event has been commemorated across Ontario.
Jeff Mills tells myFM that Bicycle Month was inaugurated in Mississippi Mills back in 2008, and was accorded Provincial recognition only in 2016.
Mills says June’s Silver Chain Challenge began as a friendly competition between Lanark and Renfrew Counties.
The cycling enthusiast says nothing is a certainty in the coming year as the Silver Chain Challenge has expanded to include competition between six counties in Eastern Ontario.
Mills says no matter which County is the overall winner in the new expanded format he expects the Warden’s Plate- heralding competition between Renfrew and Lanark Counties will continue to be a factor in the challenge locally.
