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From Transportation Alternatives, New York. "For the past 40 years, Transportation Alternatives has been demanding (and winning) new bicycle lanes across the city. Now, it’s easier to bicycle than ever before."

http://www.vimeo.com/29106106

50 No-handed bike moves. Favorite: approaching Squid. Thanks to Mark Shouldice for heads-up.

http://vimeo.com/23010518

A sweet video. Now how are they going to actually get people to ride their bikes? Maybe some proper bike infrastructure?

Kick off Bike Month with the Dandyhorse magazine May launch party, Monday May 30th at the Gladstone Hotel.

$10 cover, includes magazine. Music by DJ Triple-X. You could win an Opus Cervin Bike

[Update: I've linked below to the casa map, due to popular demand. Thanks Antony]

Some people (particularly those without cellphones) have been asking for a printable map of BixiTO stations. I've cobbled one together - nothing pretty but functional.

Fellow blogger, James of The Urban Country, has produced a nifty little site called Rate My Vélo. Post a photo of a bike, someone riding a bike, or just looking good near a bike, and subject it to intense voting from the critical citizenry.

Saturday night's Icycle 2011 saw a new winner for the men racing, an almost upset for the women racing, some bare chested men, superheros, some loose screws, and one tutu. All the photos below are from tocvos and Tino (click through the photos to see original).

Happy New Year everyone! And may the cycling in Toronto get progressively better in 2011 (or progressively less worse).

Sometimes it seems like Toronto cyclists are expected to shut up and put up. To buck this trend comes this video from Buck Moore (pun intended). With its retro graphics and friendly earnestness, I know I'll be subjecting my guests to it as we count down to the end of 2010. And so should you.