Monday, May 05, 2008
Ride of Silence
The Sixth annual ride of silence will commence May 21st 2008. The starting point will be the south east corner of Spadina and Bloor. The ride is to commemorate the deaths of cyclists around the world. The ride will leave at 7:00 pm and proceed at a yet to be determined route throughout the city in silence. For more information contact Derek Chadbourne at goomann@gmail.com
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Jane's Walk May 3rd and 4th
In honour of urban thinker and dreamer Jane Jacobs, the Centre for City Ecology is celebrating the good things about this city (including cycling) and putting on 2 days of free, guided tours to explore cool places all over Toronto. These are not your typical tours. Everything from seeing the Jane + Finch neighbourhood through the eyes of high school students who live there to exploring Cycling as a part of Toronto's History (the walk about cycling begins at 11am, Saturday May 3, corner of Yonge and Temperance). Check it out!
More information on Jane's Walk is available here: www.janeswalk.net
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Have you participated in critical mass Toronto?
A graduate student at York University is conducting some research on the experience of critical mass in Toronto. He is conducting a survey and is hoping for your input. The survey is part of a case study and is completely anonymous and confidential. If you can spare three to five minutes, just go to:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2bd637nc23HQRvIBtWxQ8nw_3d_3d
If you would like more information about the research, please contact Andrew Bieler at bielerandrew@yahoo.com.
A graduate student at York University is conducting some research on the experience of critical mass in Toronto. He is conducting a survey and is hoping for your input. The survey is part of a case study and is completely anonymous and confidential. If you can spare three to five minutes, just go to:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s
If you would like more information about the research, please contact Andrew Bieler at bielerandrew@yahoo.com.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Bike cops arrest man peeing into gas tank.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
To the Vet, by bike.
Suzy writes,
Yes, it's happened, I've turned into the neighbourhood crazy cat lady. I had
to take Mister in for some more blood tests. So I took him on the back of my
bike. I bungee-corded the little fat boy on (in his cage) and off we went!
He was way calmer at the vet than normal, and when we got home he played in
the yard and rubbed his face all over my bike. Maybe it was more the sheer
joy of coming out of this experience alive than the joy of biking.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Stealth boat to attack BMW?
Spotted this riding home along the Don trail. A scaled model of an cruise ship named 'Never 2'. About 6 metres long. All black, perfect camouflage for a night time attack against the BMW dealership it was anchored across from. I spied it for awhile to see if I could spot any tree hugging gnomes working inside. No luck, they must have been sleeping last night's party off.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Stupidest Bikelane in America
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Bikes for Humanity - Fundraiser April 27th
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Hello Concerned Cyclists,Just a reminder that you can get your bike advocacy events & activities published in the Bike Month Cycling Events Calendar. The deadline to Submit is NEXT THURSDAY, March 27th, by 4:00 pm.
The calendar will be available at 800 locations City-Wide, and will be a centerfold insert in NOW magazine Thursday May 15th.
The Bike Month Calendar will publish events going on between May 26th and June 21st, 2008.
Browse www.toronto.ca/cycling/events for more info, & the online registration form.
Table registration for the May 26th launch on Nathan Philips is also online.
Keep up the good work everyone.
-Cris Bouchard
the Bike Month Girl
416-392-7592
Labels: Bike Month
Monday, March 17, 2008
Do the Test
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Map Your Route
I was inspired to do this project when I read about a similar one from Boston. It is very basic and simple, but at the same time a powerful tool. Follow the instructions and map your route. Tell all your cycling friends as well and hopefully with the information we generate we can give some proper ideas to the city about where we want our bike lanes to be.
It should just take you a minute or two to map your routes. You have my word. Please note, if you rode twice in a day (for example morning commute to work; afternoon commute home) please map each leg as a separate ride.
1. Go to: http://maps.google.com/
2. Click Sign in located in the upper right corner
3. Login with the following information
* Username: Torontobikemap
* Password: bikemaps
If you are already signed in with a personal gmail account, please logout and re-sign in using the above information.
4. Click the My Maps tab located under "Google".
5. Click the Create New Map button located under the My Maps tab.
6. An input box will appear.
* In the Title box, please write your full name, date of ride, and start time of the first one-way leg of your ride.
* Example: John Doe, 8/14, 5:45 AM.
* In the Description box, please write a current email address and the purpose of the ride, i.e. commute to job, errands, social, fun/exercise, work (messenger, courier)
* Example: johndoe@AOL.com ,commute to work.
7. You are now ready to trace your route.
* To Zoom in, click "+"
* To Start, single click the draw a line tool the upper left corner of the map. Single click on the map location corresponding to your ride origin.
* To Change directions, single click along the intersections.
* To Finish double click on the map location corresponding to destination.
* To Edit after saving, hover the "hand" symbol over the route. When the route appears click and click once where you want to make edits.
8. After double clicking, an input box will appear. Please enter the reason you chose this route (i.e. most direct, most scenic, fewest cars, safest.) and/or anything else you want to share with us.
9. Click the Save button.
10. If you rode twice in the day, please go to #5 above and repeat to trace the second or return ride.
Hopefully this will help the city help cyclists better. Please map your route and spread the word. Thanks
Derek
It should just take you a minute or two to map your routes. You have my word. Please note, if you rode twice in a day (for example morning commute to work; afternoon commute home) please map each leg as a separate ride.
1. Go to: http://maps.google.com/
2. Click Sign in located in the upper right corner
3. Login with the following information
* Username: Torontobikemap
* Password: bikemaps
If you are already signed in with a personal gmail account, please logout and re-sign in using the above information.
4. Click the My Maps tab located under "Google".
5. Click the Create New Map button located under the My Maps tab.
6. An input box will appear.
* In the Title box, please write your full name, date of ride, and start time of the first one-way leg of your ride.
* Example: John Doe, 8/14, 5:45 AM.
* In the Description box, please write a current email address and the purpose of the ride, i.e. commute to job, errands, social, fun/exercise, work (messenger, courier)
* Example: johndoe@AOL.com ,commute to work.
7. You are now ready to trace your route.
* To Zoom in, click "+"
* To Start, single click the draw a line tool the upper left corner of the map. Single click on the map location corresponding to your ride origin.
* To Change directions, single click along the intersections.
* To Finish double click on the map location corresponding to destination.
* To Edit after saving, hover the "hand" symbol over the route. When the route appears click and click once where you want to make edits.
8. After double clicking, an input box will appear. Please enter the reason you chose this route (i.e. most direct, most scenic, fewest cars, safest.) and/or anything else you want to share with us.
9. Click the Save button.
10. If you rode twice in the day, please go to #5 above and repeat to trace the second or return ride.
Hopefully this will help the city help cyclists better. Please map your route and spread the word. Thanks
Derek
Strong volunteer support for Cyclists Union
Friday, March 07, 2008
A little bit of sunshine.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Cyclists should act like which type of driver?
Monday, March 03, 2008
New hockey inspired fender keeps cars at bay.
I caught the above scene out of the corner of my eye. The drivers were giving a cyclist some healthy breathing space, they were not screaming at him to get off the road.
After getting a closer look at the bike's fender I understood why. Everyone knows that slashing hurts.
BIKE PIRATE party report back
Thanks to everyone who weathered the storm and came out to the party tonight. It was good times, and we barely had any leftovers! Here are some pictures on the flickr Toronto Bike Pirate Pool.
If you or anyone you know has taken photos at Bike Pirates please add them to the pool, or send them along to us via email. We would love to see them all!
Ring and post fix.
Exclusive photos of a fix for the ring and posts is running here,
http://www.torontocranks.com/?p=265
http://www.torontocranks.com/?p=265
