Toronto’s newest bike shop, Charlie’s Bike Shop (242½ Queen Street East, between Sherbourne and Parliament) is also Toronto’s only youth-operated bike shop. Springing from the energy that gave rise to the Charlie’s FreeWheels organization (which teaches Regent Park youth bicycle repair skills, in memory of Charles Princep, who was killed by a car on a [...]
Saturday was an absolutely great time as we had the Sweet Ride: Cupcake Edition. We had a great turnout of 22 people (I think) – we seemed to have more people when we finished than when we began – and all of them were super nice and friendly. Here’s a re-cap of the ride with [...]
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 [...]
Hyedie of the Girls Cupcake Ride and I met up today to test out the route we’re taking tomorrow for our co-ed Sweet Ride: Cupcake Edition (click here for the facebook event page). Other than a whole ton of wind that fought us every step of the way, it was a great route. It essentially [...]
NOTE: BikingToronto is a GreenLiving Network Blog. Last week we gave away some passes to the GreenLiving Show for this past weekend. Did you go? How did you like it? We decided to go and check out the Show on Sunday and are glad we did – lots of interesting businesses there – and great [...]
The documentation of the stylishness of Torontonians on bicycles just got a little bit larger and more comprehensive. For many years, Xander Labayen has been shooting great photos of stylish Torontonians biking around our great city and posting them on his excellent blog 416 Cycle Style. That site is now joined by Toronto Cycle Chic, [...]
James Schwartz, Toronto cyclist and founder of the Urban Country has a great new project on the go – Rate My Velo, a rating site for bicyclists. The site is set up so people can look at 2 photographs of regular people in regular clothes riding regular bikes, and vote on which photo they like [...]
There is an excellent information resource in the latest issue of Cyclometer – a Google Map that shows all the Bikeway Projects started or completed in 2010, as well as photos on their facebook group of the projects: View 2010 Bikeway Network Projects in a larger map Project photos include:
A few weeks ago we shared a construction photo of the new streetcar/bikelane infrastructure on Roncesvalles Ave… essentially the road rises up to sidewalk level at some streetcar stops to not only allow easier streetcar boarding, but allow cyclists safe passage (ie. not having to ride on the streetcar tracks to pass the streetcar stop). [...]
The Left-Wing Pinko I Bike T.O. T-shirts have been selling very well, and were started to be delivered just before Christmas. We’ve set up a Public Photo Album for people to share photos of themselves wearing the shirts over on the I Bike T.O. section of BikingToronto… go there, click “Add Photo” and share your [...]
Winter is here, but that’s no reason to stay inside (although hot chocolate and roaring fires are definitely a good time). Whether you’re thinking about biking to work this winter, or considering some fun recreational rides to feel like a “True Canadian“, battling the elements, we’ve put together some Winter Biking photos from the past [...]
After Don Cherry’s weird and ranty “Pinko” comments at City Hall last week, Curbside Cycle decided to give him a pretty pink bike. We’ve found a photo for you: [Photo from West Annex News] Also, Curbside wants to custom paint the fenders for Don, and wants you to help pick the design: Help us choose [...]
Over on the Photo of the Day blog, we feature a photo related to biking in Toronto every weekday (sometimes on weekends too). Here are the photos from November. Enjoy. Be sure and check out the Photo of the Day Blog. It’s got a brand spankin’ new design!
Over on the Photo of the Day blog, we feature a photo related to biking in Toronto every weekday (sometimes on weekends too). Here are the photos from the past week. Click on them to see them bigger and find links to the originals and the photographers below. Courier Christine Tour de Lake Shore Boulevarde [...]
Last week, a cyclist was killed by a streetcar. Whether it was his/her own fault, the fault of the streetcar driver, or some combination is unknown, but some Toronto cyclists decided to hold a Memorial ride for the victim. Here are photos of the ride (and ghost bike installation) from Jun Nogami:
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