Cycle Toronto has started their second Refer-A-Rider campaign (it runs to Oct 31) and I’m going to try and win the campaign to win the great Bobbin Daytripper bike from Curbside Cycle that is first prize. (or, if I place 2nd or 3rd – competition is fierce, after all – it will be a Bobbin Birdie) If I win the Bobbin Bike, it is [...]
The Tweed Ride is hastily approaching (next Saturday, Oct. 15) and if you’re interested in the most stylish and civilized ride Toronto has seen in decades, you need to register to ride. Online registration closes on Wed, Oct. 12. Your $15 registration fee gets you: Official participation in Toronto’s first annual Tweed Ride High Tea [...]
We’re working furiously on the Toronto Tweed Ride (Sat. Oct. 15), and have announced our first contest, aimed at getting groups of friends / co-workers / neighbours registering in groups for the most stylish, most debonaire, and most fun event of the fall! Via TweedRideToronto: Contest #1: Tweam Captain Extraordinaire! Hear ye, hear ye! Gather [...]
One of the goals of BikingToronto is to connect people who share an interest in cycling, as well as provide our readers with the latest cycling news and events all around the city. To celebrate BikeMonth, and get you ready for summer, we would like to offer you two prize packs from Champion Canada! Just [...]
NOTE: This Contest is now Closed. Thanks for your interest and for playing! Today is the first day of BikeMonth, and here at BikingToronto, BikeMonth means contests! Yay! Here is our first one (we’ll be releasing a 2nd in a couple hours…) and it’s courtesy of the nice and great people at Toronto-based Orontas, who, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Back in the spring of 2009, the Ontario College of Art and Design had a Gateway BikeStand competition, and while that contest chose a pretty distinctive winner (photo of winning design at right), the Queen West BIA thought all the designs were great and committed to working with OCAD students to create some new bikeracks [...]
The Toronto Cyclists Union is getting close to signing up their 1000th member, and they’re having a contest in partnership with Curbside Cycle and ING Direct. They’re giving away a Batavus Bicycle! JOIN the Toronto Cyclists Union IN the month of AUGUST for a chance to WIN A unique custom painted Dutch Batavus BIKE! As [...]
I found out today that there’s a contest for naming a brand new condo at Yonge and Esplanade. They are offering a $5000 prize (free iPads to #2 and #3) for the winning submission, and are being cool and having public voting to determine the 10 finalists. Since the site for the new condo is [...]
