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A ‘crisis’ year for bike theft in Toronto
(Photo Credit: CanadaPenguin via Compfight cc) The past year, reports say, was an abysmal year for bike theft in Toronto, with the numbers of stolen bikes across the city reaching “crisis levels.” In...
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McGill University plans new bike centre, expansion of bike parking facilities
A McGill Cycling Club rider drives the pace in a crit. Photo: Jordan Miller McGill University in Montreal has ambitious plans to be carbon neutral by 2040, the Montreal Gazette reports, and an integral...
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More Canadians than ever commuting by bike, census data shows
In major Canadian cities—especially places such as Toronto and Vancouver—population is exploding, census data reveals. But what’s interesting is that despite this, those who choose to sit down behind...
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Winnipeg’s ‘Cycle of Giving’ initiative yields record number of bikes for...
Image: The WRENCH/Facebook. Two years ago, in 2015, a veritable army of volunteers came together in Winnipeg during that year’s holiday season, primed and ready for a marathon event that had a single...
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Singer-songwriter Tara Watts sings the gospel of the bike helmet
A year and a half after suffering a traumatic bike crash in Windsor, Ont., singer-songwriter Tara Watts is returning to her old self. “Everything was stopped, you know?” she said, looking back on the...
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Zwift Academy leads German crit racer to a spot on Canyon/SRAM
Germany’s Tanja Erath rose past more than 2,100 competitors around the world to receive a 2018 pro cycling contract with the Canyon/SRAM Racing team through the second year of the Zwift Academy....
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Canada to host Pan-American Cyclocross Championships in 2018
Raphaël Gagné and Léandre Bouchard. Ontario will play host to another world-class cycling event in 2018, Cycling Canada announced today, when the Pan-American Cyclocross Championships come to Canada...
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Ottawa bike lane in front of U.S. Embassy going unplowed, cyclists say
Image: Google Maps On May 19 of this year, a new bike lane opened in the heart of downtown Ottawa, passing a very important site in the city’s vast network of government and consular buildings The bike...
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Christmas Cross season gets underway for Canucks Dec. 26 in Belgium
National Junior men’s champion Tyler Clark (pictured) is among the Canadian athletes headed to Belgium this year. Christmas season means the beginning of one of the biggest cyclocross seasons of the...
View ArticleSyrian newcomer fixes up piles of bikes with Saint John Bike Share Program
Since arriving in the Saint John, N.B. area in early February, 2016, Mohammed Khawan has been making an impact in his community — and others have felt it. The 29-year-old arrived that month from...
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With a new year ahead, the Halifax Cycling Coalition looks back on 10 years...
The Hollis Street bike lane, one of the Coalition’s advocacy achievements, extends along Hollis Street from just south of Cogswell to Terminal. (Image: Google Maps) Over the last decade, the Halifax...
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Share the Road Cycling Coalition announces latest round of Bicycle Friendly...
The City of Ottawa was recognized with a gold award for efforts in 2017. Photo: Ivan Rupes The Share the Road Cycling Coalition—an organization that works to enhance access for cyclists on roads and...
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Bike theft from Brantford, Ont., learning centre ‘heartbreaking’
(Photo Credit: CanadaPenguin via Compfight cc) A theft from outside the Crossing All Bridges Learning Centre in Brantford, Ont., over the weekend of Jan. 6–7 has organizers and the community alike...
View ArticleWatch: Extreme winds in the Netherlands rip a rider’s bike into the street
#Storm bij het Strijkijzer pic.twitter.com/6M8ukNmir9 — Arnout Vos (@arnoutvos) January 18, 2018 In Europe, high winds have been ravaging the continent, with four reported fatalities in three...
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Bike-sharing may soon be coming to Calgary, reports say
A bike-sharing station in Milan, Italy. The popularity of bike-sharing is spreading rapidly among North American cities. Calgary, reports say, may soon be the latest city in Canada to introduce...
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Canada’s squad for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia...
Emily Batty (pictured here at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto) will lead Canada’s mountain bike efforts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. Photo: Ruby Photo Studio Announced today by...
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Restaurant set to open on Victoria’s Pandora Avenue bike lane to offer...
The restaurant will open on the Pandora Avenue bike lane in the city’s downtown core. (Image: Google Maps) Have you ever been cycling along the Pandora Avenue bike lane, only to pass a restaurant and...
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Canada’s roster for the 2018 cyclocross world championships in Valkenburg,...
Michael Van Den Ham of Abbotsford, B.C. (pictured) will lead the squad’s Elite men’s ranks. A squad of thirteen athletes will be heading to Valkenburg, Netherlands on Feb. 3 through 4, Cycling Canada...
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Vancouver Twitter users rally to get local homeless man back in the saddle
(Photo Credit: CanadaPenguin via Compfight cc) Homelessness in Vancouver, as many in the city and across the country are aware, is rampant. And like elsewhere across Canada, the bike, for those with...
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Mattamy National Cycling Centre to once again host the 2018 Tissot UCI track...
The Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, Ont. will once again host the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cycling Canada announced on Feb. 13. The event, happening from Oct. 26 to 28 of 2018,...
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