For those of you who missed this weekends Lung Association Bike Trek (with more than 90 participants), next Saturday is the Amherstburg Kids Cancer Ride. There are short distance options for kids and beginners, or a 50km ride for those who want to put on a little distance. There will bea police escort, support vehicles …
The Windsor Bicycling Committee is hosting its Bike To Work Week June 7-12, but if you want to get an early jump on things, the World Wildlife Foundation is having its “Pin it for the planet” event from May 31 to June 6. The idea is to drive less, and bike/walk/skateboard/bus more often instead. Every …
Bike Friendly Windsor will be having a (bike related) film screening on June 12th. The location for the event has been changed to Milk Coffee Bar – 68 University Ave W.
A member of the Windsor Bicycling Committee brought this article to my attention… it’s by Globe and Mail columnist Dave McGinn, and it lays out some basic concepts to keep in mind when riding on the roads. In the article, McGinn interviews John Tolkamp from the Canadian Cycling Association. Tolkamp emphasizes three main points to …
A couple of weeks ago, a private member’s bill was introduced by NDP Cheri DiNovo in Ottawa detailing the need for a province wide enforcement of the “3 Foot Passing Law”. The by-law would require leaving at least three feet of space between a car and a bike while passing. We posted about it on …
May 28-30 will be some busy days for biking in Windsor. The Ontario Lung Association Bike Trek has charity rides with three distances: 25km, 100km, and 200km. The 25km goes from Windsor to River Canard, the 100km ride goes from Leamington Marina to St. Clair College, and the 200km ride leaves from St. Clair College, …
The Windsor Bicycling Committee is holding five separate Bike to Work Week Breakfasts across the city, to promote cycling as a viable commuting option. The FREE breakfasts will be served up by members of the committee, as well as members of city council, from 6-10am. Bike To Work Week takes place between June 7th and …
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People keep telling me that Windsor isn’t a cycling city. “This isn’t Vancouver, people here don’t ride their bikes”. “This is the automotive capital of Canada, not the cycling capital”. “Don’t expect many people to participate in Bike To Work Week”. Yet, whenever I am out biking, I always see other cyclists. The other day …
What is the best city for cycling in Canada? Vancouver, with its North Shore mountain biking? Toronto, with its hundreds of km of waterfront trail? Montreal with the Biki program and Bike Fest? Read the verdict in this months Get Out There magazine.
Another local cyclist posted this on facebook, so I thought I would share it here. In response to deadly collisions between bikes and cars in Ontario and Quebec, CBC is looking to hear from cyclists across the country. They want to know about hazards to biking – dangerous roads and intersections. So, if you’ve got …
