Recently, in my neighbourhood in Toronto, as part of a multi-year expansion of the much-neglected cycling infrastructure, the city installed bike lanes on both sides of a moderately-busy street named Woodbine, which many drivers use on their commute between downtown and the suburbs. The installation has caused a firestorm on social media, specifically in a […]
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Seriously, for a lot of us, cycling is how we get around. That doesn’t change just because it snows. Keep the lanes clear!
Attention City of Toronto: We Are Still Trying to Cycle! Read More »
…and every time I touched the gas, it was like stomping on bunnies. I felt with every acceleration (injection, compression, explosion, exhaust, times six cylinders, times an average of 1500 RPM), with every act of breaking (valuable momentum converted to heat in the break pads), every turn (rubber wearing against asphalt, more momentum lost), even
Are bikes unreliable? I mean “1930s dustbowl junker full of starving Oakies broken down at the side of the road” unreliable, and compared to the slick, service every 60,000 km cars being made today? I’ve had two flats in the last two months, the first resulting from a complete tire failure and blowout, the second
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I am perpetually enraged at Toronto’s “Green Hornets,” not for ticketing those who park illegally, but for failing to do anything about vehicles stopping in no stopping zones, specifically in bike lanes. Clearly the City of Toronto considers failure to contribute to city revenue a greater offense than endangering the lives of cyclists.
Risking lives is fine, just don’t cheat us out of revenue Read More »