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The Tweed Ride Toronto Press Release and Photos!

September 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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You may have already gleaned this from past entries, but for the past few months, BikingToronto has been working with Bikes without Borders to bring Toronto a Tweed Ride on Sat, Oct. 15! Here is our press release, as well as some fabulous photos of dapper Mayor Miller (yes, it's still appropriate to call him Mayor, etiquette-wise, I've been told), cycle-goddess Yvonne Bambrick, the always stylish Casie Stewart, and some of the friendliest and loveliest people I've ever known, Mike, Tanya and … [Read more...]

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Toronto Bicycle Music Festival rocks out on Sept. 18!

September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Toronto Bicycle Music Festival

via the TBMF website: Toronto's second annual pedal-powered, mobile music festival, featuring Jeremy Fisher, The Strumbellas, Lenni Jabour, Abigail Lapell, Amélie & Les Singes Bleus and more! The festival starts at 2 pm at the south end of Trinity Bellwoods Park as part of the Queen West Art Crawl. We then move on to Fred Hamilton Park and Dufferin Grove Park. Visit our website for the complete schedule. We are looking for volunteer roadies for the event. If you have a bike … [Read more...]

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Toronto, Are You Ready to Get Your Tweed On?

September 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
Tweed Ride Toronto

  BikingToronto and Bikes without Borders proudly present: Tweed Ride Toronto - Sat. Oct. 15th Leaving from the Trinity-Bellwoods Park Gates at 3pm Tweed Rides are a worldwide phenomenon - a metropolitan ride with style! Dress up in tweeds and join us for a bicycle ride through the streets and raise money for a good cause. Similar rides have taken place in locations such as New York, Paris, Sydney and Tokyo. This past year London registration sold out in seven minutes with … [Read more...]

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Join “The People’s Procession” for Jack Layton Today

August 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Jack Layton

Via Facebook: The People's Procession has been officially recognized as part of the Jack Layton funeral entourage. We have been welcomed to join by the organizers of the journey from City Hall to the service at Roy Thomson Hall. Anyone who wants to come and join the People's Procession is encouraged to do so. Bikes, feet, wheelchairs, mobility scooters, kick scooters, skate boards. However you power yourself, feel empowered to play a part in honouring Jack. 12–12:30 We will meet at … [Read more...]

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Tonight! Deadly Nightshades Style Spin!

August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Just found out about this, so I want to share to get the word out for the Nightshades! :) The following is via the Nightshades blog: Well, it's taken a full week to recover for the insanity that was last weekend, but we're ready to go again! Tonight is our second Style Spin tour of the summer! This time we're getting a behind the scenes look into the studios of Philip Sparks, Paper People Clothing, Haley Stolee Smith/Hillary Sampline, and Janet Bike Girl - who's awesome print making is … [Read more...]

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More Photos from the Sweet Ride: Pie Edition

August 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
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We posted some of Hyedie's great photos from the Pie Ride yesterday (and Dandyhorse did a post about it too!), and I thought I'd share some photos I took too. I was leading the ride through a unique route through industrial, residential, rich and poor neighbourhoods, through pedestrianized streets and car-free bridges... and didn't get any photos of the ride (thankfully Hyedie did), but snapped a lot at each pie place! We started out at Madeleine's Cherry Pie and Ice Cream Shop.  It looks … [Read more...]

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Photos and Re-Cap from the Sweet Ride: Pie Edition

August 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Over on her Cupcake Ride blog, Hyedie has posted a great re-cap of the Pie Ride we had this past Saturday. Start Point: Madeleine’s Cherry Pie and Ice Cream, 1087 Bathurst Street (south of Dupont) End Point: Canadian Pie Company, 798 Queen Street East (east of Broadview) Here are a few photos from her Flickr set from the ride (and I'll be posting some later today or tomorrow as well), but be sure and read her full post here.   There are way more … [Read more...]

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Reminder! The Pie Ride is Tomorrow!

August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Latest and Greatest Sweet Ride is tomorrow, and we're starting and ending the ride with Pie! :)   We’ll be starting off at Madeleine’s Cherry Pie and Ice Cream up near Bathurst and Dupont and finishing way down in the Queen and Broadview area at the Canadian Pie Company! We're not releasing our route,  (mainly because it’s hard to get onto Google Maps due to some car-free thoroughfares that Google doesn’t know are bike-friendly), but it’ll be interesting… … [Read more...]

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Sweet Ride: Pie Edition

July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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If you've been following along with our Sweet Rides, you'll remember that in April we had a Cupcake Edition, and in June we had a ... well, let's call it a Bakery Edition (you can read about the issues we had) and now it's almost August, so Hyedie of the Girls Cupcake Ride and I are planning our next CO-ED food ride... This time, we're talking, eating and biking PIE!!! We'll be starting off at Madeleine's Cherry Pie and Ice Cream up near Bathurst and Dupont and finishing way down in … [Read more...]

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July’s ArtSpin is this Thursday!

July 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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I've missed this event so far due to scheduling conflicts... but I think this thursday is when I *finally* get to go on an Art Spin! What? Art Spin! When? Thurs, July 28th. 6:30 pm. Where? Start point is the Gates in Trinity-Bellwoods Park at Queen St. & Strachan Art Spin is a multi-disciplinary art crawl style bicycle tour of galleries (commercial, artist run & public), art performances and visits to artist’s studios throughout various downtown Toronto neighbourhoods. Each Art … [Read more...]

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Music Video of the Ride for Jarvis!

July 21, 2011 By 3 Comments
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During the Jarvis Ride last night, I found a little raised platform near the Tim Hortons at Jarvis and Carlton, and filmed the ride going by. It took a full 7 minutes for the ride to completely pass me, so I've sped it up a little, and added some lively music. I'm quite happy with how this turned out, considering it's really the first iPhone video (which is why the video is a touch shaky) I've tried to edit and put music with (all using an App too). First video ever, really. … [Read more...]

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Re-Cap and Photos from the “Ride for Jarvis”

July 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Ride for Jarvis happened last night, and thankfully had a good turnout.  I've seen estimates of between 900 -1200 cyclists. Here are some photos and a few words about the event: People start gathering at Allan Gardens.  Lots of news media.   It's like a two-wheeled bike party.   There were LOTS of bikes! [photo by Hyedie Hashimoto]   Dave Meslin addressed the crowd. He sounded like a politician with a lot of soundbites. A bike-friendly … [Read more...]

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“Ride for Jarvis” goes Tonight

July 20, 2011 By 3 Comments
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The Toronto Cyclists Union is organizing a "Ride for Jarvis" tonight and plans to have hundreds of cyclists riding on Jarvis Street to show/protest/unify against City Hall decisions that are removing bikelanes and implying that a Torontonian who drives is more important than a Torontonian who bikes. This ride will attract 3 types of cyclist: Cyclists who feel there must be a public show of support for bikelanes Cyclists who are militant and want to take over city streets as a symbolic … [Read more...]

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The Bicycle Friendly Business Awards are back!

July 19, 2011 By 1 Comment
Bicycle Friendly Business Awards

After a short hiatus (usually these awards would've been given out last winter), the City of Toronto's Bicycle Friendly Business Awards (BFBA) are back, and they're accepting nominations for the next 2 months: Nominations are now being accepted for the BFBAs. The last day for BFBA submissions is September 12, 2011. This year awards will be handed out at the Toronto Bike Awards taking place at the Gladstone Hotel on September 26th, 2011. Please take the time to  nominate and encourage … [Read more...]

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Reminder: Girls Cupcake Ride Tomorrow!

July 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Toronto Girls Cupcake Ride

Just a reminder that the Toronto Girls Cupcake Ride is rolling tomorrow.   They have planned a great Cupcake Picnic on the Toronto Islands! My wife and daughter are going.  Yeah, I'm a little jealous. :) Original post by Hyedie about the ride follows:   This month, the Toronto Girls’ Cupcake Ride will be a picnic on the Toronto Islands! Make or buy cupcakes (or other goodies) to share with other riders at a Lunch Picnic on the Toronto Island! START: Hanlan’s Point … [Read more...]

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