For those unawares, the City of Calgary recently unveiled their proposed cycling strategy. Cyclists in Calgary are obviously excited and I’m sure visions of a Portland-esque cycling wonderland are dancing through many a-cyclists mind. However, this post isn’t about getting into the details of the strategy, nor my thoughts on it – This post is [...]

When I lived in Japan, it was impossible not to notice what a major role bikes play in day-to-day life. They aren’t at all seen as ‘toys’ or a way to stay-fit, like we see them here. I didn’t see any roadies in skin suits out on training rides. I didn’t see hipsters on single-speeds [...]

The City of Calgary recently completed one of their first efforts in their comprehensive cycling strategy – A telephone and online survey. The results are promising, and surprising, even to a moderately die hard commuter like myself.

Do yourself a favour and read this article. With the distance between social-economic classes growing and the rich dictating more and more cities policy and direction, this is a very thought provoking take on driving. The New Class Warfare over Bicycles Don Cherry and Rob Ford twist it backwards. The elitists are pro-car politicians, slowing [...]

I hate flat tires. Really, I hate them. I resent being on the side of the road or trail and having to pull my tire off to slip a new tube in. It angers and frustrates me. It’s a part of cycling, to be sure, but I think my impatience is a direct result of [...]

Like many days prior, I was on my way to work, merrily spinning away… On this particular day the paths and roads were teaming with riders and pedestrians, it was the first nice day we’ve had in a while after all. I’m lucky enough that there’s only one *major* thoroughfare that I need to bisect [...]

“Imagine a place where one bike lane leads to the next. Where trails, bridges and underpasses lead safely to exactly where you want to go. And regardless of your bicycling experience and fitness, you can pedal smoothly across the street, across town, or even across the country. We believe this can be a reality and [...]

With the surge of bicycling commuters across North America, Google has finally added a “bike there” option in their next-to-ubiquitous online mapping application. From Google’s description, it’s pretty much everything I’d hope it would be… Optimizing the route for bikes by “taking advantage of bike trails, bike lanes, and bike-friendly streets and avoiding hilly terrain [...]

It’s not every day you get a new bike shop in town – and definitely not every day you wander into said shop and barely recognize any of the bikes sitting on the floor. I think that’s part of what makes BikeBike so unique, it’s bringing something different to not only the bike scene in Calgary, [...]

As some of you are aware, and many of you are not, I have been without a car for upwards of 7 months. That’s not to say my ‘household’ has been without a car, but we’ve gone from a two car household to a one car household. This was not a conscious choice, and we’re [...]