Duke's - a making of a brand. A well-made short film, directed and edited by Jim Bachalo, about the Duke's Cycle bike shop that's been at 625 Queen Street West since 1914 (except for the short period following the fire that took down the whole building in 2008).
Name / Occupation / Age
Tanya Quinn/ IT Coordinator / 34
What do you use your bike for?
Everything! Commuting, shopping, visiting friends, crazy long day rides sightseeing small town Ontario, camping etc.
How often do you ride?
Pretty much every day. It’s my main mode of transport. Some days when I’m more local, I walk.
Cyclist profiles are part of an ongoing series at Spacing and I Bike TO. In celebration of the season -- and the City's Bike Winter program -- I will now focus on winter cyclists!
Name / Occupation / Age
Christina Bouchard / Bike Month Organizer / 24
What do you use your bike for?
Transportation and Recreation.
How often do you ride?
Daily
Name/Age/Occupation?
Michal Kapral, 35, news editor/personal trainer
What sort of bike do you ride?
A Mango velomobile.
Herb's comment: Andrew and I had a great talk about a lot of his ideas of how to expand bike-based businesses, using homes for a new green economy, and why he chose this particular bike trailer over more local versions or cargo bikes, but these I can provide in the comments if you are interested. As usual the interviewees are quite interesting folk! Read on...
Name / Occupation / Age:
Justin Lafontaine, Project Lead and Founder, Toronto-Niagara Bike Train Initiative, 32
What do you use your bike for?
Paul Dicks (with son Joshua)
Name/Age/Occupation?
Paul Dicks/ 45 years old/ Paramedic for City of Toronto
What sort of bike do you ride?
Cannondale racing bike/Fixed Gear 46x16 from Urbane Cyclist/ Giant MTB
Name / Occupation / Age
Zoraida Anaya/School Administrator/42
What do you use your bike for?
Commuting/errands/tourism
How often do you ride?
I ride at least 3 times/week in the Spring/Summer/Fall.
Name, Occupation, Age
Mike, Project Manager, "Baby Boomer"
When did you start biking? How did you get started?
I rode a little as a teenager until I got my driver's license. Fifteen years ago, I would ride a mountain bike 5K at a time. In 2005 I was badly out of shape and a friend
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