We like bikes here at\u00a0Canadian Cycling Magazine.\u00a0We also like music. With the rise of Zwift, we\u2019re guessing many of you have spent plenty of hours riding bikes while listening to music. If you want to mix those two, there are, it turns out, plenty of song about bikes out there.<\/p>\n
Our first list of songs about bikes covered<\/a> the classics, Kraftwerk, Queen, Frank Ocean, as well as some solid CanCon from Boards of Canada, The Dirty Nil, St. Vincent and Purity Ring.<\/p>\n This time we\u2019re sticking strictly to music made north of the border. Here\u2019s 10 more \u2013 Canadian \u2013 songs about (or related to) cycling. While Tate McRae may be pushing Canadian pop (and the U.S. Olympic team?) in the U.S., this list reflects CanCon\u2019s more indie bent.<\/p>\n Daniela Andrade \u2013 Biking<\/p>\n Montreal\u2019s Daniela Andrade captures that dreamy feeling of a chill summer ride through the streets in\u00a0Biking (through my city & i think about you).\u00a0<\/p>\n Tragically Hip \u2013 The Last Recluse\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Of course there\u2019s a Tragically Hip song on this list. \u201cWe rode hard for the boat, as we could\u201d starts off Canadian storyteller Gord Donwie on\u00a0The Last Recluse.\u00a0But not all bike rides, or relationships, end the way we want them to: \u201cI turned around to say good bye. You were already on your bike, riding with my bike by your side.\u201d The official video<\/a> even has people riding bikes in it.<\/p>\n 24 songs about (or related to) cycling<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Alvvays \u2013 \u201cBelinda Says\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Not really about bikes, but written while riding a bike<\/a>. And maybe while on mushrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n Slam Dunk \u2013 Bleacher Lovin\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n The Shivers by Slam Dunk<\/a> Afternoon Bike Ride\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Ride\u00a0<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know if any of Afternoon Bike Ride\u2019s songs are actually about riding bikes but they all sound like cruising your neighbourhood with friends on a warm summer evening. The Montreal trio\u2019s\u00a0The Ride\u00a0is necessarily about their last afternoon bike ride, but it sure is a nice song.<\/p>\n One Speed Bike \u2013 Two Women in High Vis Vests on Bad Bikes Taking Pictures of Squashed Frogs on the 327 Drummer for Montreal\u2019s infamous Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Aidan Girt has also released music under the name One Speed Bike since 2004. For a band name\/song name cycling theme combo, here\u2019s Two Women in High Vis Vests on Bad Bikes Taking Pictures of Squashed Frogs on the 327.<\/p>\n Black Mountain \u2013\u00a0Bicycle Man<\/p>\n Stephen McBean and Amber Webber of Vancouver\u2019s Black Mountain sing about the mysterious Bicycle Man. Originally on a split single with Destroyer, then re-released on Druganaut, this is a more subdued version of what Black Mountain would eventually grow into.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanna ride my bike, ride my bike, ride my bike\u201d !\u00a0<\/p>\n
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