bike culture

I betcha a punctured tube that everyone reading this has experienced a situation similar to the exchange I had while commuting this past Thursday evening.

In New Zealand the Minister of Safety is in hot water for musing about the mandatory helmet law discouraging people from cycling. As we know that more cyclists makes cycling safer and more comfortable (the so-called safety in numbers principle), it is fair for him to muse, but there is little chance of the current law being changed.

I am thankful that we don't have mandatory helmet legislation here.

Helmet Sticker

Via BikePortland

There are more ... (brace yourself)

Treebike
Kensington Market

Update: CityTT had a postive news piece about Sunday
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_27097.aspx

Meanwhile Montreal has unveiled a Bikeshare program

Happy CAR FREE DAY!!!

Join Streets are for People! Bells on Bloor, Bike Pirates, Samba Elegua, the Kensington Horns, the New Kings, Mr. Something Something and millions of others around the globe in celebration of

Art Crawl/Janet Attard
New bike art on display at the Gladstone Hotel, which is on right now. You can see more of her fine bike art at the 401 Richmond.
All the info: Queen West Art Crawl

Junction Festival Store windowColnago

This is super cool. TUFF (Toronto Urban Film Festival) is showing this one minute short film by Rebecca Singer entitled: The Ramblers: Halifax Synchronized Bike Team

Watch it on the TUFF site.