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Anti-urban bakery against Harbord bikelanes 24 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
Cycle Toronto is organizing a “love-in” at the bakery on Sept. 21 to gently protest the store’s position. A Facebook group encourages bikers to show up wearing helmets as identification. “We just ...
EVENT: Sept. 14 – Bagels for Bike Lanes at the Harbord Bakery 24 Aug 2013 | 04:21 am
I love this. A fantastic pro-bike and pro-business event at an anti-bikelane business. Date: Sat. Sept. 14 Time: 11 am Where: Harbord Bakery, 115 Harbord St. Harbord Bakery makes some outstanding...
EVENT: Sept 15 – Ice Ride: Bike to Save the Arctic 22 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
Date: Sun, Sept. 15 Time: 1 pm Meet point: Allan Gardens As fossil fuels continue to burn, pumping greenhouses gases into the atmosphere and raising average global temperatures, scientists are find...
New “Doored!” website tracks Toronto “door prizes” 21 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
When it came out that Toronto Police weren’t tracking “dooring” incidents, one Toronto man and coder decided he’d build a system to allow everyone to submit dooring incidents. Check out Doored!.
EVENT: Sat, Sept. 7 – Toronto Bicycle Music Festival 17 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
Date: Sat, Sept. 7 Time: 12:30 – 7 pm Where: David Crombie Park, Grange Park, and Trinity Bellwoods Park The Toronto Bicycle Music festival is a free community event that involves a series of outdo...
Bike helmets are a symptom of modern roads 17 Aug 2013 | 08:35 am
Very pleased to be part of a Canada.com story about bike helmets today. The article pulls tweets I made earlier today on @bikingtoronto where I questioned the obsession the media and many non-cyclist...
EVENT: Sat, Oct. 19 – Toronto Tweed Rally 16 Aug 2013 | 06:31 pm
You know what I love about Toronto? Stuff like this. The group who planned the 2012 Tweed Ride aren’t doing one this year, so a group of Torontonians is planning one themselves. TORONTO TWEED RALLY,...
Public Bike Maintenance Station at Steam Whistle Brewery 16 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm
Posted about this a couple weeks ago, but here’s the official post on the Steam Whistle Blog! Sourced from Urban Racks, an innovative bike parking and accessories company in Vancouver, the bike repai...
More Proof that Bikelanes are AWESOME for Business! 15 Aug 2013 | 03:49 am
Totally amazing study out of Seattle, where the removal of parking to make room for a bikelane accounted for a 400% jump in sales for local businesses. C’mon Toronto. The proof is everywhere… for bu...
Photo of the Day: Pause 14 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
August 8th / 2013 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!. See this and 6,988 other amazing bike photos in the Biking Toronto Flickr Group.
