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riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1887
riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1887
hypebot
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riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1885
riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1885
Angela Antunovic
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riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1876
#Cycling #BikeTO #Photography #BikeTooter #BikeStreak #PhotoMonday
#FotoMontag
riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1876
#Cycling #BikeTO #Photography #BikeTooter #BikeStreak #PhotoMonday
#FotoMontag
Angela Antunovic
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By the way, #BikeTooter / #bikeTO, here is my noodle!
It sticks out 1 metre (the minimum passing distance cars must give according to the Highway Traffic Act). It's mounted to the rear rack and basket with zip ties and noodle tube sections (sold for attaching pool noodles together). The basket provides extra support as well as a handy way to stow the noodle away when not needed. There is a piece of foam-covered wire (from the gardening section of the hardware store) inside the pool noodle so it can be reshaped when taking it in and out of the basket.
Highly recommend trying it at least once!
Closer view of the tucked-in noodle
View from above with noodle deployed. Soft and floppy enough to easily bend and not scratch cars, it nevertheless provides a visible and tangible obstacle that drivers instinctively steer clear of.
The free half of the pool noodle can easily be tucked into the basket.
A bike locked to a park bench along a wooded trail. The bike has a rear rack and side basket to which a bright green foam pool noodle is mounted using zip ties and wider bright blue tubes of the same foam. The noodle sticks out about a metre perpendicular to the bike.
By the way, #BikeTooter / #bikeTO, here is my noodle!
It sticks out 1 metre (the minimum passing distance cars must give according to the Highway Traffic Act). It's mounted to the rear rack and basket with zip ties and noodle tube sections (sold for attaching pool noodles together). The basket provides extra support as well as a handy way to stow the noodle away when not needed. There is a piece of foam-covered wire (from the gardening section of the hardware store) inside the pool noodle so it can be reshaped when taking it in and out of the basket.
Highly recommend trying it at least once!
Closer view of the tucked-in noodle
View from above with noodle deployed. Soft and floppy enough to easily bend and not scratch cars, it nevertheless provides a visible and tangible obstacle that drivers instinctively steer clear of.
The free half of the pool noodle can easily be tucked into the basket.
A bike locked to a park bench along a wooded trail. The bike has a rear rack and side basket to which a bright green foam pool noodle is mounted using zip ties and wider bright blue tubes of the same foam. The noodle sticks out about a metre perpendicular to the bike.
Angela Antunovic
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@ascentale @bikenite A8. I was in Toronto yesterday without my bike, but I got a few fun cycling-related photos. The one on the left shows a cycling rack as cycling art in Kensington. The photo at top right shows bike racks at a community school filled with baby strollers. And the one at bottom right shows Harbord Street being rebuilt with cycling infrastructure.
A portion of a newly paved street recedes into the distance. It’s still under construction, but the concrete barriers for separated bike lanes can be seen. In the distance, paving equipment can be seen.
A blue cycle rack that has a few bikes in it. More prominently, there are several baby strollers locked to it. Behind the racks there’s brick wall with two windows visible.
A bike rack that’s also and sculpture that spells out “Kensington” with what appears to be a giant bike chain and gears. The rack has plenty of room for bikes. On the wall behind the rack there a wall with a colourful mural that features several faces.
And our last question of the week:
Q8. Show us a photo from something cycle-related from the past week! It doesn't have to be anything special. If you'd like to, share one and tell us about it!
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @bikenite A8. I was in Toronto yesterday without my bike, but I got a few fun cycling-related photos. The one on the left shows a cycling rack as cycling art in Kensington. The photo at top right shows bike racks at a community school filled with baby strollers. And the one at bottom right shows Harbord Street being rebuilt with cycling infrastructure.
A portion of a newly paved street recedes into the distance. It’s still under construction, but the concrete barriers for separated bike lanes can be seen. In the distance, paving equipment can be seen.
A blue cycle rack that has a few bikes in it. More prominently, there are several baby strollers locked to it. Behind the racks there’s brick wall with two windows visible.
A bike rack that’s also and sculpture that spells out “Kensington” with what appears to be a giant bike chain and gears. The rack has plenty of room for bikes. On the wall behind the rack there a wall with a colourful mural that features several faces.
I was cycling to work this morning, stopped at a red light, noticed a dark thing flying, almost got sucked into the engine of a massive truck. But then seconds later it fluttered towards me and landed on my knee... Look at this gorgeous thing!
I don't know much about butterflies, so I looked up this one and it's a male Eastern-tailed Blue Butterfly, a common butterfly species across North America.
#bikeTO #toronto #bikelanes #cycling#climateAction #biodiversity #butterfly
alcinnz
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So I’ve just re-watched this @notjustbikes video and it goes even harder than I remembered! It’s a fact-based evisceration of the bike lanes legislation, car culture, Doug Ford, his government, and conservative politicians in general. And it’s absolutely worth watching the whole thing right to the end! Set aside some time and do just that 😀🚴🏼♀️❤️
So I’ve just re-watched this @notjustbikes video and it goes even harder than I remembered! It’s a fact-based evisceration of the bike lanes legislation, car culture, Doug Ford, his government, and conservative politicians in general. And it’s absolutely worth watching the whole thing right to the end! Set aside some time and do just that 😀🚴🏼♀️❤️
And given that the Ontario government’s cycle lane legislation has been ruled unconstitutional in a blistering judgment by Justice Paul Schabas, this feels a great time to revisit this hilariously scathing video on the legislation (and more) from @notjustbikes
For folks who are interested, Justice Schabas’s actual judgment makes for engaging and invigorating reading. He has little time for the government’s lazy, BS “reasoning” and he makes it crystal clear why.
(Edited to correct “Judge Schabas" to “Justice Schabas”)
Neville Park
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Huzzah! BIG BIKE Just won the War On Car #BikeTO
Huzzah! BIG BIKE Just won the War On Car #BikeTO
priryo@linernotes.club
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Hey #BikeTO, there wouldn't happen to be any of you out there who would be comfortable playing an accordion (along with at least a tuba accompaniment, possibly others) while riding in the bucket of a bakfiets cargo bike, would there? Like around September? Brunswick/Harbord ish?
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Hey #BikeTO, there wouldn't happen to be any of you out there who would be comfortable playing an accordion (along with at least a tuba accompaniment, possibly others) while riding in the bucket of a bakfiets cargo bike, would there? Like around September? Brunswick/Harbord ish?
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