Weekly Wrap-Up: Bixi and the Toronto Mayoral Race

George Smitherman tries out Bixi

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up!  Your best source for everything new and popular in Toronto bicycle stuff! Want to get the Weekly Wrap-Up in your email every friday?  Enter Your Email Here. Most Popular Stuff on the Site this week: Toronto Bikelane Map Some Mayoral Candidates ride with the Bike Union Rob Ford releases “Transportation Plan” Where to see Bixi Toronto this week George Smitherman signs up for Bixi Toronto Rocco Rossi Flip-Flops on … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: Queens Park Grand Prix and Bixi hits 600

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up!  Your best source for everything new and popular in Toronto bicycle stuff! Want to get the Weekly Wrap-Up in your email every friday?  Enter Your Email Here. Most Popular Stuff on the Site this week: Blog: Circling Queens Park with a Grand Prix Event: Queen’s Park Grand Prix Cyclops: Tricks+Drums=Awesome Blog: Rob Ford releases “Transportation Plan” Blog: Photos from the Queens Park Grand Prix Maps: Toronto Bikelane … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: Bike Art and Rob Ford

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up!  Your best source for everything new and popular in Toronto bicycle stuff! Want to get the Weekly Wrap-Up in your email every friday?  Enter Your Email Here. Most Popular Stuff on the Site this week: Nagging suspicion . . . Bike Art of the Day: Leanne Eisen Bike Art of the Day: Pete Pellizzi Rob Ford releases “Transportation Plan” Weekly Wrap Up: Safe Cycling, Local Politics and Bixi Hits 500 Bike Art of the Day: Meg … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap Up: Safe Cycling, Local Politics and Bixi Hits 500

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up!  Your best source for everything new and popular in Toronto bicycle stuff! Want to get the Weekly Wrap-Up in your email every friday?  Enter Your Email Here. Most Popular Stuff on the Site this week: Results of Toronto Police’s Bicycle Campaign Important Number Missing From Toronto Police Bicycle “Blitz” Toronto Bikelane Map Sarah Thomson to announce “Bike City” Policy Circling Queens Park with a Grand Prix 10 … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: Riding in the Rain and the Queens Park Grand Prix

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up!  Your best source for everything new and popular in Toronto bicycle stuff! We've added a cool new "Popular" section to the site this week... now you can see what's getting viewed the most on BikingToronto.  You can check out the most popular stuff from today, the last 7 days, and the last 30 days. Want to get the Weekly Wrap-Up in your email every friday?  Enter Your Email Here. Most Popular Stuff on the Site this … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: Bike Movies and Toronto’s Best Bikelane

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up!  Your best source for everything new and popular in Toronto bicycle stuff! Most Popular Stuff on the Site this week: Straight to kindergarten? On my bike, no way! Bixi Toronto lands ING Direct as Primary Sponsor Toronto Bikelane Map Announcing Toronto’s Best Bike Lane as Voted By You! Segway of Ontario Turns Rob Ford Hate into Marketing Opportunity Weekly Wrap-Up: More Bixi-licious! How to Get Better Bicycle Parking for Your … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: More Bixi-licious!

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up!  Your best source for everything new and popular in Toronto bicycle stuff! Bixi Toronto is still dominating most bike news this week!  Check out all our posts tagged with "Bixi" or our Bixi Toronto Information Page for more info. Most Popular Stuff on the Site this week: Segway of Ontario Turns Rob Ford Hate into Marketing Opportunity Toronto Bikelanes Map Bixi Toronto lands ING Direct as Primary Sponsor The Challenge of Bixi Thriving in … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: More Bixi, More Bikes!

Welcome to this week's Weekly Wrap-Up!  Your best source for everything new and popular in Toronto bicycle stuff! Most Popular Stuff on the Site this week: Where will Bixi be in Toronto? I Want to Ride My Bicycle – Choir Flash Mob How To Spend $5000 on Promoting Bikes in Toronto The Challenge of Bixi Thriving in Today’s Toronto Bixi Toronto Website now Up and Running Toronto Bikelane Map UPDATE: 150 Sign-Up for Bixi Toronto 10 Secrets to Cycling with Traffic: Part 1 of … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: Links Fixed!

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Hi everyone... we had a bit of a hiccup with the links in our last Weekly Wrap-Up... but it's all fixed up now. Go have a look at the Wrap-Up for all the new and popular stuff on BikingToronto. More ways to keep connected with BikingToronto: Twitter: @bikingtoronto Facebook Page RSS Feed … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: Bixi, Bixi, Bixi! Plus: Jarvis!

Happy Friday!  The major action this week on the site has been regarding the Bixi Toronto bike rental system due to launch in May 2011.  You can keep track of all of our Bixi posts by checking out our Bixi tag. :)  The Jarvis Bikelanes were also finished this week, and they are awesome. Now... let's get to the Wrap-Up... here's all the most popular and freshest stuff on the site! Want to get the Weekly Wrap-Up in your email every friday?  Enter Your Email Here. Most … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap Up: Jarvis Bikelanes and Cycling Secrets

Happy Friday!  The major action this week on the site has been regarding the upcoming Jarvis Bikelanes and our (almost completed) series on Secrets to Cycling in Traffic.  Why are they secrets?  Well, they aren't to experienced cyclists... but may be to beginners, so we're imparting knowledge to those people just starting to bike Toronto. Want to get the Weekly Wrap-Up in your email every friday?  Enter Your Email Here. Most Popular Content on BikingToronto in the last … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: Jarvis Bikelanes, Bike Corrals, and More!

Happy Friday! If you haven't heard yet, BikingToronto is in the running to win $5000 in a condo-naming contest.  We want to put that money to good use promoting cycling in Toronto.  Read more info here, and vote for our entry here (it's Hummingbird, after the Hummingbird Centre for the Arts, next to the condo site).  You can vote every day too. :) We’ve also set up some Twitter and Facebook pages for you to follow and like, if you want to. Twitter: @VoteHummingbird Facebook: … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: Heat Wave!

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We're coming out of a pretty intense heat wave. Remember that drinking lots of water is your best strategy... especially if you are biking around Toronto. Here’s some good links of all the new and popular stuff from the past week! Most Popular Content on BikingToronto in the last week: Tour de France 2010: Grand Depart – Rotterdam Prologue (July 3) A Look at the St. Clair TTC Bike Shelter The Toronto Cyclists Handbook How to Lock Your Bike Properly … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap Up: Happy Canada Day!

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[photo by Dr. llia, via Duncan's City Ride] Happy Friday!  Here’s some good links of all the new and popular stuff from the past week! (for those of you who get this via email, all links should work this week - let me know if you find any broken ones) Most Popular Content on BikingToronto in the last week: Critical Mass Toronto Man Divorces Bike, Posts “Naked” Photos On Craigslist BIXI in Toronto Toronto Bikelane Map Covet: Beautiful, Handmade, Wooden … [Read more...]

Weekly Wrap-Up: G20 Preparations and Counting Cyclists

Happy Friday!  Here’s some good links of all the new and popular stuff from the past week! (if you don’t already get this in your email, but would like to – you can sign up here) The Latest on the Main Blog: Video: How To Pass A Cyclist Meet a new Member of the Bike Union Executive Board Share BikingToronto Faster with Meebo Bicycle Racks being removed from Downtown for G20 Summit Cycling Events This Week: June 21-27 … [Read more...]