It looks like bike polo will be starting up again soon in Windsor. For those that aren’t familiar, it is similar to traditional polo, except players ride bikes instead of horses. While bike polo has been around for more than a hundred years, there has been a spike in its popularity over the last decade. …
The big bike is coming back to Windsor. The Heart & Stroke Foundation is hosting the big bike at the May 28th & 29th
BFW Meeting- April 11th, 2010 In Attendance: Kari, Jason, Darren, Warren, Elizabeth, Steve and Terry ————————————————————————— Talking about the bike map- explaining about the different layers and points. BUT- the map is done. Check it out on bikewindsor.com, along the right hand side. It’s great that people can see which route to take, and that …
It is harder to have a cup of coffee on your morning commute when you travel by bike instead of by car. But, this can change! I previously posted about the coffee-cup holder made by Felt, but I recently found another one, and thought it was worth posting about. This one is available at Canadian …
Another Bike Friendly Windsor meeting is coming up. It will be held this Sunday at 3pm @ the Windsor Workers Action Centre (328 Pelissier). Topics of discussion include: Logo selection Online maps and route information for cyclists in Windsor How-to videos and cycling safety videos Veer film screening update Other event updates Anything you want …
Rick from the Windsor Bicycling Committee alerted us to this great video about Ciclovía, a program in Bogotá, Colombia that sees 90kms of road closed down and made available to cyclists, inline bladers, pedestrians, etc. They even set up stages around the city and offer free aerobics classes! The purpose is to get the citizens …
My route for my bike commute is the same every day, but it is amazing how it is never the same ride twice. Time of day, weather, traffic volume, etc. all change. Yesterday I worked a split shift, so I rode to work and back twice. I think I was in the rain each time, …
While I believe that money spent on improving cycling in a community is never money wasted, this bike lane in Cardiff, Wales seems a bit pointless. With the current exchange rate, this “lane” cost just under $4,000 for about 8 feet of space! Perhaps that would have been money better spent on cycling education or …
http://www.windsorstar.com/cars/Tecumseh+seek+driver+cyclist/2747845/story.html It seems the cyclist was sideswiped by the SUV? Since it says the rear-view mirror was collapsed… I wonder if the cyclist was taking a whole lane, or closer to the curb.
In Attendance: Elizabeth, Warren, Darren, Steve, Jeff and Kari. To Discuss: Logo ideas. Road Rules to include in safety videos. Other ideas for videos? Firm up some volunteers to ride with the Bike Train folks. Firm up details of Veer Screening, so we can start promoting it. Present rough copy of questionnaire. Map ideas for …
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