Catenary
Active Member
Anything that meets your requirements is probably so expensive that you wouldn't want to ride it in winter anyways. Semi-disposable winter beaters are unfortunately the way to go.
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Anything that meets your requirements is probably so expensive that you wouldn't want to ride it in winter anyways. Semi-disposable winter beaters are unfortunately the way to go.
That and regular maintenance. Rust happens so don't let snow/water/ice/salt sit.
salsa
Senior Member
Public Works committee has just finished their debate on the Bloor St bike lanes. Now it goes to council for a final vote in their next meeting, with no recommendation from committee.
UserNameToronto
Active Member
AB, I ride a single speed Dutch bike bought on the other side of the Atlantic for about C$50. It's 40 years old and I've owned it for 4. I ride daily, often in winter as well. Best part is the enclosed crankcase. Yes, it's a step through ("ladies") model.
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David Brake
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I plan to have a story written about the Bloor proposal later today, and I plan to revisit it when the council vote itself takes place next week.
ADRM
Senior Member
I watched part of the committee hearing today, and was reminded how skeptical I am we'll see any marked progress on the cycling infrastructure front in this city until the composition of that committee is changed dramatically. There was some real flat earther stuff coming from the councillors.
David Brake
New Member
Well this decision at least is up to the whole council now.
salsa
Senior Member
Which was not surprising given that the committee is stacked with suburban motorheads, with no representation from downtown.
photo by Shon Tron
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ADRM
Senior Member
Right. Worst part (and there was much from which to choose) was Perruzza complaining that it seemed this pilot was designed primarily to service the people who use the route most frequently for a variety of uses, and not auto commuters from the west end. Sigh.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
See this link for
Bike theft: Here are the worst streets for locking up your bike in Toronto
A Star analysis of bike thefts reveals the downtown core to be a den of bicycle thefts, with several hotspots.
Has anyone tried out those GPS bike trackers? Like this one, at this link? One hides a GPS tracker inside the bike frame and we are supposed to be able to find and retrieve your own bike back using an app on your smartphone.
Something similar.
Bike theft: Here are the worst streets for locking up your bike in Toronto
A Star analysis of bike thefts reveals the downtown core to be a den of bicycle thefts, with several hotspots.
Has anyone tried out those GPS bike trackers? Like this one, at this link? One hides a GPS tracker inside the bike frame and we are supposed to be able to find and retrieve your own bike back using an app on your smartphone.
Something similar.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Toronto Police should distribute bikes with hidden GPS trackers around the city and use them to nab thieves. Same concept as bait cars.
salsa
Senior Member
I'm pretty sure that was Holyday.
andrewpmk
Senior Member
It is really hard for me to believe that these so-called separated bike lanes are significantly safer than regular bike lanes. According to Toronto Public Health the latter are more or less as dangerous as no bike lane at all, i.e. very dangerous. The Toronto Public Health had "no data" on separated bike lanes. It is really hard for me to believe that these are safe, given that there constantly cars and trucks parked in them, there are streetcar tracks on Richmond/Adelaide, and there are various construction sites blocking them.
There have been three bike accidents today according to the Toronto Police Twitter account: Bay and Richmond, Passmore and Midland, Yonge and Jackes. The first one is at an intersection of a road that has separated bike lanes.
The Bloor bike lane is just a bad idea of Joe Cressy and Mike Layton. There is a perfectly good subway line along Bloor Street and taking it is far far safer than riding a bike along Bloor Street, with or without bike lanes. Also I can't believe that local businesses are going to be very happy about removing car parking.
There have been three bike accidents today according to the Toronto Police Twitter account: Bay and Richmond, Passmore and Midland, Yonge and Jackes. The first one is at an intersection of a road that has separated bike lanes.
The Bloor bike lane is just a bad idea of Joe Cressy and Mike Layton. There is a perfectly good subway line along Bloor Street and taking it is far far safer than riding a bike along Bloor Street, with or without bike lanes. Also I can't believe that local businesses are going to be very happy about removing car parking.
Local businesses support bike lanes on Bloor. Do your homework.
