V.I.C.T.A. - Cycling Victoria - Web questionaire from adverts.
The first 129 of approx. 275 responses from Canadian Cyclist and Outpost magazines advert.
Please enter your Province or State
BC	Alta	Sask	Man.	Ont.	PQ	NS	Newf.	PEI	NB
23	22	5	2	55	9	5	0	1	3
17.8%	17.1%	3.9%	1.6%	42.6%	7.0%	3.9%	0.0%	0.8%	2.3%
(Other)
4				129
3.1%
Have you ever visited Victoria, British Columbia?
Yes	96	74.4%
No	33	25.6%		* most that have not visited were from Ontario and further east.
If yes, have you ever cycled in Victoria & surrounding areas?
Yes	62	48.1%
No	67	51.9%		* most that have not visited were from Ontario and further east.
How (good) would you consider Victoria & Van. Isle. as a cycling destination?
Very	114	88.4%		*excellent results!
Somewhat	14	10.9%
Not	0	0.0%
n/a	1	0.8%
Are you planning to visit Victoria & Van. Isle. In the near future?
Yes	109	84.5%		*excellent results!
No	20	15.5%
If yes, are you planning to cycle while you are in Victoria?
Yes	108	83.7%		*excellent results!
No	21	16.3%
Which group of cyclist would you place yourself in?
non	leisure	recreational	touring	mountain	event
cyclist	cyclist	cyclist	cyclist	biker	cyclist
1	0	9	3	23	38	5	2	1	3
	1	1	5	5	5
	1	1	2	2	3
		2	1	1	23
		7	3	1	7
		1	1	2	4
		4		23
				7
				1
1	2	25	15	65	80	*188 answers to 124 responses
0.8%	1.6%	20.2%	12.1%	52.4%	64.5%	(many chose multiple categories)
Which age group are you in?
0-25	26-35	36-45	46-55	56-65	ovr 65
27	41	29	7	11	1	116
23.3%	35.3%	25.0%	6.0%	9.5%	0.9%
Has the advertisement in this publication, and the web page cyclingvictoria.com made you consider
Victoria and Van. Isle. as a good destination to:
Visit & def. cycle		85	65.9%
Visit & not cycle		4	3.1%
Not influenced		39	30.2%	*half of this category stated reason was because they had..
n/a		1	0.8%	..already chosen to visit.  (Part of bal were younger respondents)
		129

I keep hearing more and more about Victoria, making me consider more and more to visit there.

I go to Victoria every 5 or 6 years and cycling is not the reason I go.

Even more options than initially considered.

I would go and train in Victoria, because of the temperatures, and people who live there. It is good because in February for example it might be raining, but you can ride in leg warmers instead of tights.

I've always thought it might be a great place to ride; however, I've planned other non- cycling activities instead (kayaking and WCT) because I do enough riding at home.

I have previously lived in Victoria.  It reminded me of what Victoria has to offer.

I heard about the sea kayaking before, but didn't think of connecting that with a cycling adventure.

Excellent facilities, roads, scenery, destinations, climate and everything else that a cyclist needs.

Cycle-friendly weather year round, would love to ride in an early pre-race training camp March-April time frame.

Been there, done that, want to go again.   Folks live in Comox and it's fantastic there as well.

More to do and see than cycle.

I think the website in informative -- particularly to the cyclist who has specific traveling needs -- and portrays Victoria as a cycling-friendly and kind environment for all types of cyclist.

Because it compares very favorably with what else is out there. I prefer to spend my travel dollars in Canada so Victoria is the logical choice.

The pictures are very appealing and to get away from this snow covered city would be great!!!

Highlighted the attractions of the island.

Why not?? It looks like a beautiful place and any opportunity to ride some place that I haven't been is always a welcome opportunity.

Because I live here already.

I already know it's great.

Cannot wait to afford to go there.

Kayaking, whale watching, the gardens will all be reason why I do want to visit if I had an opportunity.

Already interested in going there.

Even more beautiful than I remembered.

Beautiful pictures=beautiful vistas while riding.

Reminded me of how much fun I had last time I was in Victoria for a cycling holiday

Sounds lovely!!

Brought it to the forefront of my attention for a few minutes. Safer destination than the USA, Africa or the Middle East.

Been there, done that. And Victoria especially is a very expensive place to visit.

Probably would need to rent bikes, mostly mountain biking.

Good information (ie. route maps), good indication of other recreational opportunities.

The Vancouver area has so many good trails, it would be a shame to visit and not get to ride any of them.

I have more information about the cycling possibilities in the area now.

I was already interested in visiting as I have family in the Victoria area.

Its a cool website and I love mountain biking.

Been there, done that, nothing new to me.

Beautiful scenery,laid back hospitality,excellent climate,what's not to like?

Natural beauty of the area, with easy to challenging cycling routes.

The publication really has no effect on me as I have been informed from word of mouth and personal experience, the add just confirms what I already know.

Good links to information about cycling, photos.

Tours as well as scenary.

There are very few locations in north america that appeal to me as a cyclist.  Victoria is definitely tops. 

Gave me more info on the sites to see.

Beautiful countryside, great weather, many other riders and I can go surfing after I ride.