Wednesday, January 30 wasn’t exactly the “Coldest Day” — it actually set records for being the warmest January 30 on record for Toronto (14 degrees Celsius in the morning). Nevertheless, there was a good turnout for Cycle Toronto‘s annual Coldest Day ride. Jason Belyea was there, and snapped some photographs for dandyhorse. Read the [...]
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam doesn’t want the legacy of Toronto’s Pan Am Games, America’s biggest celebration of sport and athletics, to be just bricks and mortar. The best way of fostering a healthy legacy, she says, is to organize community and activity building events that continue long after the athletes have left town. Enter the ciclovia. [...]
Earlier today we linked to Hyedie’s recap of the Poutine Ride this past Sunday. A couple of great gals from Torontoist (Hi Racheal! Hi Gillian!) came out to ride with us, learn about our Sweet Rides and take photos. Here is their piece: Is there a best way to celebrate the last beautiful Sunday of [...]
The latest of our 2012 Sweet Rides took place on Sunday (we savoury’d it up with some Poutine), and Hyedie has a great re-cap of the ride up: The last Sweet Ride was originally set for mid-October so that we could take in the fall colours, but the weather didn’t cooperate so we postponed the [...]
via Cycle Toronto: Derailed, a dance party fundraiser for Cycle Toronto! We’re thrilled to be hosting Derailed this year at Handlebar in Kensington Market. We’ll also have a silent auction with some fantastic gifts from our partners and supporters. Free entry for members. $5 cover for non-members. Join or renew at the door and we’ll [...]
The Cupcake Ride season is over, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t get together! After seeing Women Who Bike Brunches in other cities being blogged Denise, Andrea and I decided organize one in Toronto. Women Who Bike Brunch – Toronto Edition When: Sunday, November 25 Time: 11:00am Location: TBA based on number of RSVPs, [...]
The last Sweet Ride for 2012 is happening this afternoon! Will you join us for this last group ride? DATE: Sunday, November 11, 2012 TIME: 3:00pm START: Uncle Betty’s Diner 2590 Yonge St END: Smokes on Dundas 203 Dundas Street East ROUTE: – Head west through the side streets of North Toronto – Follow the Beltline through [...]
via the City of Toronto facebook page: There will be public meetings for the Beltline Trail Study on December 4 & 5th. A core objective of this study is to improve safety at the crossings of arterial roads. Get involved if you support safer crossings. More details: Beltline Trail Study Related Posts: Sign and [...]
The last Sweet Ride for 2012 is happening in a week! Will you join us for this last group ride? DATE: Sunday, November 11, 2012 TIME: 3:00pm START: Uncle Betty’s Diner 2590 Yonge St END: Smokes on Dundas 203 Dundas Street East ROUTE: – Head west through the side streets of North Toronto – Follow the Beltline [...]
From the City of Toronto: There’s a public meeting tonight, for the reconstruction of the intersection of Bay-Davenport in the Yorkville area. If the southbound left-turn lane is eliminated, then there will be space to fill the gap in the bike lane there. Date: Monday November 5th, 2012 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: Toronto [...]
via Cycle Toronto: Like you, we were extremely disappointed by the 24-19 loss at City Council on Oct 2nd to save the Jarvis St bike lanes. Cycle Toronto organized, held community meetings, held 2 large rides, launched a legal challenge and submitted a large petition. Community members wrote their councillors and demonstrated against the decision. [...]
Cycle Toronto and Smart Commute hosted a “Street Smarts” workshop on October 22 for theSunnybrook/ICES BUG. The focus was on winter cycling. We learned about layering and basic bike maintenance. It started with our host, Siva Vijenthira from Cycle Toronto asking the crowd why we chose to commute by bike. Answers included: “Peaceful.” “Fast” and “Free”. Read the full post: “Cycle [...]
Wednesday, Oct. 24th, at 6:30pm at the Roncy Bean (385 Roncesvalles Ave). Come out and talk about local cycling issues! Some things we are working on: – Contraflow bicycle lanes – Dufferin St. improvements – Bicycle parking audit – Ward 13 and 14 joint projects Full details at Cycle Toronto
Haven’t been on a bicycle since you were 9? Hoping to brush up on your skills? Join us and Ward 32 Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon at Main Library on Monday, October 22nd from 6:30 – 8:15pm for our interactive Street Smarts Workshop. We’ll cover the many reasons to ride, address the obstacles to riding, review safe [...]
Red Bull Mini-Drome Toronto! Day: Sat, Sept 22 Time: Races start at 2pm Where: Evergreen Brickworks (map) Red Bull Mini-Drome is a unique Fixed Gear Event based on open registration : anyone with a bicycle that fits the requirements can enter the event and have the opportunity to participate in an insane and thrilling [...]
