04 May Bike and Ride – Windsor Transit
It is nice to see Windsor Transit promoting the use of the bike racks on the front of the busses. I noticed yesterday that the 1C Bus had "Bike and Ride" alternating with the name of the route on front sign....
04 May Bike Racks at the New Mediaplex
So, I've been trying to figure out if any bike racks are going in at the new St. Clair College Journalism Mediaplex building downtown. The short answer is no, but in the future, the college may look at putting some in. I thought it was required...
03 May Closing car lanes to encourage bicycle commuting
The chief executive of the National Capital Commision ( in Ottawa) has made some bold statements about how to encourage people to commute by bike there. “It may mean in some cases, if we are serious about it, that we will have to close some car...
29 Apr Boardwalk Bikes & Ice Cream Opens May 1st
Boardwalk Bikes & Ice Cream, in the blue building along the riverfront trail in front of the casino, will open for the season on May 1st. The shop, which sells ice cream and refreshments, is the perfect place to stop and rest during a day...
28 Apr Bike Events in Windsor – May
Another month will soon be upon us, and it is one that has a few cycling related events: May 8 - Wine Trail Ride for Charity [moved to May 22] May 15 - Walk Run Roll 4 LaSalle: kids 100m walk/run/roll, 5km running race, and a 3km...
26 Apr Windsor Police Auction Coming Up…
The Windsor Police will be holding an auction of all their confiscated goods, including some bikes, on May 15th, 2010. The auction will take place at the Teutonia Club, on Edinborough Drive. They open up for viewing at 8am, and the bidding starts at 9:30am. If...
23 Apr What Do Women Want?
It's been said that the measure of a city's safety in regards to cycling is indicated by the amount of female riders out on the road. Scaledown wants to know what it'll take to get more women riding Windsor's streets. Check out the article they posted...
22 Apr Bike The Bridge 2010
Alan Halberstadt, city councilor and member of the Windsor Bicycling Committee, wanted me to post about this year's Bike The Bridge event. This is the second year for this ride, and participants will see one lane of the Ambassador Bridge closed down to motorists,...
20 Apr Windsor Bicycling Committee – Meeting Summary
Tonight I sat in on a meeting of the Windsor Bicycling Committee (WBC). I have attended once before, and will try to go again in the future if I can. The first item on the agenda was the Enviro Expo held at Caesars. The WBC had...
19 Apr Randonneur hit on Riverside
Following a comment on the last post about the Randonneurs brevet, I found some information in the Windsor Star. 21 of 22 partipcipants completed the brevet, with race co-ordinator John Maccio unable to finish due to a collision on Riverside drive near the Hiram Walker...