This week "pit bull" Don Cherry was invited to Mayor Ford's swearing-in ceremony and made a speech that went like this "blah, blah... wearing pinko for all the pinkos out there that ride bicycles and everything ...blah blah". Ford later claimed not to know what Cherry was going to say. All the same you could see that Ford wanted to give Cherry a big hug.
In response people started producing pinko buttons and t-shirts. And now Toronto bike shop Curbside is offering a custom painted pink Pashley bicycle to Don Cherry - an ironic slight wrapped up in a peace offering package. Velocolour will be doing the custom painting. Cherry will have to come in person to pick up the bicycle so the Curbside crew can have a latte with the brain-addled celebrity.
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So we’d like to take a little egg off your face and allow you to (literally) do a bit of backpedalling. We’d like to give you a bicycle. In a blushing shade of ironic pink, this bike will be customized to your own remarkable style. The bike will be a Pashley from the United Kingdom, a company that has been producing real city bikes for 80 years, and the details will be custom painted by Noah Rosen of Velocolour. We’re asking the city to choose their favorite Don Cherry pattern (below) whether it be be a Plaid, a floral, or what-have-you.
Go to Curbside's blog to vote for a pattern!
Comments
Ed
Umm, that cartoon is by Gable
Sat, 12/11/2010 - 14:21Umm, that cartoon is by Gable of the Globe and Mail.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/cartoon/editorial-cartoons-...
Look for "3 of 10" (at least as of today).
I already put the link into a comment on the Mez thread....
hamish (not verified)
I'm sure Cherry will be
Sat, 12/11/2010 - 18:08I'm sure Cherry will be tickled.
Red, that is...
It's kind of Curbside to make this offer; buttons available there, as well as other places now, eg.
http://spacingtoronto.ca/2010/12/09/stores-carrying-our-pinko-buttons/
though they apparently can be going rather quickly.
W. K. Lis (not verified)
For the Bixi bicycles coming
Sun, 12/12/2010 - 08:49For the Bixi bicycles coming to Toronto, why not paint the bicycles a (Don) Cherry pink? Would definitely be a determent against theft.
Something to ask the members.
David Juliusson (not verified)
If we convince Bixi to paint
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 21:51If we convince Bixi to paint the bikes pink, I vote they be named Cherry pickers
bianchetta
Please, please - in an act of
Sun, 12/12/2010 - 12:45Please, please - in an act of holiday kindness - please recognize the people in this city who really need a gift like this. Key word = in THIS city - imagine all the children, teens, adults, who are not fortunate enough to receive a holiday gift this year as many of us, Mr. Cherry included, bathe in capitalist luxury in the shade of an LED christmas light.
Please give this to someone who deserves it, and most of all, someone who will put this to good use.
Mad Jack McMad (not verified)
Does Don Cherry even know how
Mon, 12/13/2010 - 10:45Does Don Cherry even know how to ride a bike?
W. K. Lis (not verified)
Maybe with training wheels!
Mon, 12/13/2010 - 11:07Maybe with training wheels!
A.R. (not verified)
It's nice to see a
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 03:57It's nice to see a traditional city bike that isn't painted black.
Random Pinko (not verified)
Was he drunk or does he
Thu, 12/16/2010 - 19:40Was he drunk or does he always sound like that?
Random Pinko (not verified)
Was he drunk or does he
Thu, 12/16/2010 - 19:40Was he drunk or does he always sound like that?
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