I quickly threw together this bike shop map for Windsor-Essex County. You can see how there is a distinct lack of bike shops in the downtown area! I’m going to try to figure out how to integrate this map into the main layout of the site, so it’ll visible to new visitors. If I’m missing …
http://www.windsorstar.com/Take+time+know+bike+laws/2710523/story.html
Here are the notes I jotted down at the last Windsor Bicycling Committee meeting… if anyone has any questions or concerns, feel free to ask. Chris Ryan- Ellie Johnson from Tourism Windsor Essex talk about the VIA Rail Bike Train- background- approached by Justin Lafontaine (Bike Train organizer) last November, VIA Bike Train offers a …
I grew up out in Victoria, the “cycling capital of Canada”. I just read about a new bike shop that has opened in their downtown – Capital City Cycles. There was an article in Momentum magazine about the shop. They have a blog here, which shows some of the gorgeous bikes they sell – custom …
I have been using MyCyclingLog to keep track of my riding this month. I have just broken the 350km mark, and put on 126km this week. That is pretty much all utilitarian riding too, I haven’t been able to just go out for a cruise lately – though today might be an ok day for …
The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals has launched a web-based survey to determine which factors motivate women to ride. It has been shown that women are less likely to engage in risky behaviour as men. “Men of all ages are more willing to risk their necks on bicycles than women are”, according to Linda …
Still catching up on old news, but its new to me so I thought I’d share. Windsor’s version of the television show “Dragon’s Den”, which was attended by TV judge Arlene Dickinson, attracted 250 people. The winning concept was a “carrier that is pulled behind a bike [that] pops out into a solar-powered camper with …
Darren linked to a story the other day in the Windsor Star, which stated that the road construction at Wyandote and Walker will include bicycle lanes along Wyandotte. (See story here) I wonder if these lanes will be connected to the lane the currently exists on Wyandotte, between Strabane and George. I also came across …
While Bike Friendly Windsor has just recently formed as a cycling advocacy organization in Windsor, a provincial cycling advocacy organization (the Share the Road Cycling Coalition) has just released a “Green Paper” entitled “When Ontario Bikes, Ontario Benefits – A Green Paper on Bicycling in Ontario ”. Green Paper: When Ontario Bikes, Ontario Benefits – …
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Did you know that a cycling advocacy organization called Citizens for Safe Cycling formed in Ottawa in 1984? Have you wondered how many years it is going to be before we have a cycling advocacy organization in Windsor? Have you wondered how many years behind we may be in terms of advocacy and infrastructure in …
