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Introducing The News Cycle

November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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I'm going to start a new feature here on BikingToronto... something I'm going to call "The News Cycle". There is always so much happening in Toronto related to bikes that I sometimes don't get a chance to blog about it (you can usually find everything on the BikingToronto Facebook Page or Twitter Feed though), and that isn't fair to you, dear reader. Therefore, I'm going to attempt to do a periodic post that links to and shortly describes things you need to see regarding bikes in Toronto. … [Read more...]

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BikingToronto has 7,000+ Followers on Twitter!

September 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Wow.  Last week we passed 7,000 followers over on Twitter. Our followers include tons of Toronto people, as well as bike-related accounts from all over the "Twitter-verse"... which allows BikingToronto to not only keep them updated on the stuff happening in Toronto, but also helps keep us informed on what's going on. Looking back, our Twitter account passed 4,000 followers back in the first week of September last year, so we've added 3,000 followers in just the past year!  That's like 8 … [Read more...]

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Save $5 on “Choose Bike” or “Bike Nation” Shirts!

August 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Zazzle,the online company we've made two of our recent shirts with ("Choose Bike" and "Bike Nation") is having a promo on shirts today (Wed) and tomorrow (Thurs). Any shirt can be bought for $5 cheaper just by using the code "STYLEBTSTEES" when you check out, so now's your chance to get either of these two shirts for cheap! Over on Spreadshirt, our other shirts... the I Bike T.O. shirt, the Left Wing Pinko Shirt, the Toronto Elite Shirt and the BikeLove Shirt are always available. … [Read more...]

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1,000 Fans/Likes on Facebook!

May 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Woot!  It was only 2 months ago that we were posting about having 800 fans on facebook (and 4 months before that, 600), but we just hit 1,000 fans today! If you haven’t liked us on Facebook yet, you should.  It's a great way to get links about news and the other fun stuff on this site, and we post bike-related stuff that is happening all around the world.  But, don’t worry… we only post the good stuff.  BikingToronto is all about the good stuff. The following people who you … [Read more...]

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Showing off an I Bike T.O. Shirt Winner!

April 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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You may remember that a few weeks ago we ran a "Twitter 5000" contest to celebrate having 5000 followers on Twitter.  5 lucky people won I Bike T.O. shirts - @minx2012 @DavidDuttonCA @Peejaay18 @creativaty and @Lola_318 All the shirts have been ordered, and are starting to be delivered to the winners.   @Lola_318 did us a favour and snapped a photo of her wearing her shirt.   Looks great! :) We are always looking for photos of people wearing their I Bike T.O. shirts - so let us … [Read more...]

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Win Passes to the Green Living Show!

April 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The GreenLiving Show is this weekend, and if you're interested in making your life a little greener, then this is the show for you.  GreenLiving concentrates on practical and doable lifestyle changes that help the environment, even if it's just a little. The Green Living Show is Canada’s largest green consumer show dedicated to educating the public about easy and workable solutions for leading a sustainable lifestyle. Visitors can shop the wide variety of exhibitor booths while gathering … [Read more...]

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Most Popular – March 2011

April 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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We fell of the monthly popular thing in January and February, but we're back ! Determined purely by page views, we give you the Top 25 Most Popular pages from March 2011. Yonge Street to be Pedestrian and Bike-Friendly? BikeMonth is ALIVE and WELL for 2011! Twitter 5000 Contest Bikelane Map How Do You Solve A Problem Like BikeMonth? Toronto Mobile Bike Map App Updated Bixi Toronto Launches on May 3rd Events The Bixi Toronto Press Release - Full Text Toronto's Cycling … [Read more...]

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Win an I Bike T.O. T-Shirt!

March 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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If you've been following us on twitter, you know that we're giving away 5 I Bike T.O. t-shirts in celebration of passing 5000 twitter followers a couple weeks ago (we're already up to 5200 since then). We thought we'd give everyone a heads-up about this today, as today is the last day of this contest. We've been running this contest a little differently... we're using a system called "Pay with a Tweet" to engineer it so that all you have to do to get to the t-shirt contest entry form is to … [Read more...]

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800 Fans on Facebook!

March 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Back in October we did a little blog post about gaining 600 Fans on Facebook, and we're happy to report our "LIKE" number is now up to 800! If you haven't liked us on Facebook yet, you should.  Not only is it a great way to get links about news and the other fun stuff on this site, but we post bike-related stuff that is happening all around the world.  But, don't worry... we only post the good stuff.  BikingToronto is all about the good stuff. :) So go and "like" us on Facebook, or if … [Read more...]

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BikingToronto now Optimized for Smart Phones!

January 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Just a quick post to let you know we've added a mobile layout to the back-end of BikingToronto to make the site display a little easier on smart phone devices such as iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre, Samsung touch and BlackBerry Storm/Torch. If you have one of these devices, all you need to do is navigate to BikingToronto.com with your smartphone, and you'll see the new, simple, optimized layout.   If you prefer to see the normal layout on the site, there's an option at … [Read more...]

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Most Popular Posts – December 2010

January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Determined purely by page views, we give you the Top 25 Most Popular pages from December 2010. Left-Wing Pinko I Bike T.O. Shirt Don Cherry insults Cyclists as Rob Ford Sworn in as Mayor City of Toronto releases Bicycle Count Statistics Photo: Don Cherry's Pink Pashley Bike from Curbside Editorial Cartoonists Embrace Don Cherry and Pinko Cyclists BikingToronto Gift Guide Video: Don Cherry and his Pinko Rant Winter Biking Photo Inspiration Curbside Cycle wants to give Don … [Read more...]

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BikingToronto in 2010: The Stats

January 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Those of you who have been reading BikingToronto for a while (over a year) know that I *love* stats and graphs, and I love to wrap-up each year on BikingToronto with a few posts that look at the preceding year. Here is the first of those posts.  This post is a general overview of the statistics about BikingToronto's visitors in 2010. The Overall Numbers According to Google Analytics, over 155,000 people visited BikingToronto in 2010. This is a 115% increase over our 2009 numbers If … [Read more...]

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Happy 2011!

January 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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It's New Years Day, and I hope your holiday season was happy, safe, and filled with great friends and family. Here at BikingToronto, 2011 is shaping up to be a busy year.  More and more Torontonians are hitting the roads on 2 wheels, and it'll be interesting to see how Rob Ford as Mayor responds to it (and how the cycling community responds to Mayor Ford) as well as witnessing the launch of Bixi Toronto, which will see 1000 Bixi Bikes hitting the streets of downtown Toronto. As always, … [Read more...]

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New I Bike T.O. Products!

December 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
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The I Bike T.O. product line has recently become very popular with the recent addition of the Left Wing Pinko I Bike T.O. shirts... and we thought we should highlight some other new products we've recently added to the product line-up: We give 100% of the profits to bike-related charities in Toronto. (more info about this coming soon). Women's V-Neck - 20.95 Available in 3 colours This classic-cut v-neck tee for women has short sleeves with a slight V and a roomy fit. The collar has a … [Read more...]

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Most Popular Posts – November 2010

December 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Determined purely by page views, we give you the Top 25 Most Popular pages from November 2010. Cyclist killed by Streetcar at Spadina and Lakeshore Tips for Riding your Bike this Winter The New Roncesvalles: Ride Your Bike up onto the Curb The Star: Car Drivers on the "Gravy Train" Photos of Memorial Ride for Streetcar Death Mountain Bike Bridge Sabotage in the Don Valley Google to map Toronto's Bikelanes Weekly Wrap-Up: Streetcar Tragedy, The New Roncy and Don't Be A … [Read more...]

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