WindsorEats has announced the dates for this years Wine Trail Rides. The first ride will be May 21, 2011. The Wine Trail rides have won the 2009 Culinary Tourism Experience Award as well as a National Award for Tourism Excellence in 2010, and are a great...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Spinning Bikes by Jeff Daly on flickr.com"][/caption] your bike still on the trainer or hung up in the garage? Well, you can still participate in Spinergize! Spinergize is a fundraiser for The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County, and will take place this...
There were a couple of really nice stories in the paper last week about some Windsor cyclists (rather, Windsorites who ride bikes). The first is about a pair of UWindsor law students who will ride hundreds of kilometres as part of the Riding to Break the...
We have previously posted about the 3 foot passing law. This law would require motorists to give cyclists a minimum of 3 feet (1 meter) of space when passing, and increased space at higher speeds. The bill (Ontario Bill 74) received first reading back in May...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption=""Dunsmuir Separated Bike Lanes 208" by Paul Krueger"][/caption] A new study out of Montreal shows that cyclists on separated bike paths are at a lower risk than those riding on Montreal streets unprotected from traffic. The risk of injury is approximately 28%...
I came across this video today of an entry from the 2010 "1 minute to save the world" competition. I can't get the tune out of my head - an amazing video from the slums of Nairobi. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTlCIrflE4o]...
I wrote previously about timing traffic lights for cyclists, but what about removing the lights completely? Owen sent over a video from the UK where they found that by removing traffic lights, congestion decreased, even as traffic volume increased. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwHfibl1AoI] Can you imagine if lights were removed from...
Jason Turpin of One Good Earth Cycles has created a series of how-to videos for cyclists, offering tips and tricks for maintaining your ride. The first video details an 8-point inspection that every cyclist should perform at least once a week, to ensure their bike...
Can you imagine riding down Riverside drive and having the each light turn green as you approached? A temporary pilot project with this goal in mind was tried in San Francisco, and it has been so successful that it will be a permanent feature. The "Green...
Bike Friendly Windsor is hoping to organize a Ride of Silence this May. The purpose is to honour those who have been injured or killed while cycling, to raise awareness of cycling, and to remind everyone to share the road. The ride will take place...