Chow may not be perfect, but imo she's the best choice if we want Toronto's cycling network to get better in the next 4 years.
If there's something I learned after studying politics for 8 years, it's this:
Voting left doesn't guarantee you'll get a great city, but voting right does guarantee that you won't.
McLaren driver charged after supercar slams into wall, bike rack near Casa Loma | CBC News https://share.google/eYPXOF9gxdH3IeGeF
Of all the things they crashed into, it just HAD to be a Bikeshare station.
Also, notice that the news report ONLY focused on the destruction of the car itself.
$200,000 in property damage...for the CAR.
They called the Bikeshare Station (or what's left of it) a bike lane, then corrected themselves and called it a "bike rack", then it was never mentioned again.
Nothing about the destruction, the monetary cost of said destruction, nor the loss of function for that Bike Station necessary for Bikeshare to work as an infrastructure.
That Bike station is one of the few that is near George Brown College's Casa Loma campus' location. With that thing down, it's going to cause problems for students (or faculty members) who commute by Bike and lock up their bike at that station. They're going to rack up extra charges unnecessarily trying to find another Bikeshare Station to stop the timer renting out the bike.
It boils my blood that I'm reporting this (the Bike angle of the crash), and the "News Reporter" didn't.
Anyone got an updated version of this map? The subway-style design is so good. Would love to see one with all the new separated bike lanes added.
Sharrows and painted gutters honestly don’t even need to be on there. They barely count as cycling infrastructure anyway. Would be cool to see how the network actually connects when you strip out the stuff that doesn’t feel safe to ride.
Hey friends. I posted these bikes on Kijiji last week and there's been no interest. I was planning to take them to Bikes Without Borders this weekend but was saddened to learn that they've closed.
Since this sub has been helpful to me and I know that this is a local bike-focused audience I want to offer them for free to whoever is able to come get them first.
The first is a Miele Torino 245 with 24 inch wheels. My son rode it from age 8-10. He's about 5' tall now and it's too small for him. It has a 3x chainring but doesn't shift.
The second is a Liv Via, size small - it was a trusty commuter for my 5'3" wife for years:
They both need some TLC (clean, lube, chain, and probably brake pads, maybe some new cables) but have served us well and seem to me to have a lot of life left. That Via especially is kind of hard to let go of because it's such a pretty frame with the split top tube - I almost built it into a mixte-style touring bike with drop bars but decided against mainly because we just don't need that.
I love these bikes, I love this community. Come get either or both to fix up and ride or to flip, whatever makes you happy.
Message me on Kijiji through the listings there and refer to this post to get your freebie.
Coffee shop tours are well documented. What is your bar to get a shandy? Even if they don’t serve those, what’s the spot to go to between 3pm and 9pm for drinks after riding where people are bike people?
