Dismount Social Ride
Just an image dump from tonight s very pleasant social ride. Thanks, Matt, for leading.
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Roaming around the West End
I booked off portions of today from work to run a few bike related errands. The main thing was to do the next stage in getting a rear brake put back on the Haul a Day. The last post showed the mounting bolt extraction. I went over to Bikechain, our campus DIY bike shop. The [ ]
Cyclon 2026 Day 3
As predicted, the weather was bad today, and so all bike rides were cancelled. Given this fact, I decided somewhat regretfully that I would take the GO train back to Toronto at midday today and cut my time at Cyclon short. It was pouring rain during breakfast, but then there was a brief break so [ ]
Cyclon 2026 Day 2
Starting off the day with a hearty breakfast. Now herding cats for the group picture. Abdullah and his wheels. Sam demonstrates how a tall person can be in the front row A couple of versions of the group picture. Now Italo gets the tourist ride organized. Off we go Sections of this part were downhill [ ]
Cyclon 2026 Day 1
This year is the first time that I’m attending TBN’s marquee event: Cyclon. This year it is hosted at Brock University. My day started bright and early at Union Station. I was told later that bikes are not supposed to even enter the building during rush hour. I also forgot that the bike cars to [ ]
Bag mount for the Neo 9s
One of the nicest things about a Brompton is the luggage block that mounts a variety of bags onto the front of the frame. Several vendors are now making accessories for the Neo series of folding bikes, and so I got a front mount that was advertised as specifically for the Neo 9. Here s what [ ]
Tweaking my PDW fenders
After P2A, I reinstalled my metal fenders from Portland Design Works. However, there has been an ongoing issue with these fenders: the struts are a bit too short, in particular the strut that is pointed towards the rear. This has resulted in the fender coming loose, as it did during my ride last year between [ ]
Biidaasige Park expansion
The portion of Biidaasige Park west of Cherry Street opened this weekend. Had to see if for myself. It was great to see plenty of people walking and biking about to check it out. Here is a view of the waterfront from a different perspective that what was previously available. Wetland areas are incorporated as [ ]
Haul a Day brake replacement: step 1
I ve been riding my Bike Friday Haul a Day cargo bike around without a functioning rear brake for about two years now. OK for carting the dog around the neighbourhood, but not a good practice in general. The issue is that I ve been bad about checking the rear brake for corrosion since it is concealed [ ]
Loop around the airport with TBN
Today I joined an Urban Roller ride with TBN. The route took us from Kipling TTC station up around the airport, and back home. The start point was the north parking lot of Kipling station. Ride leader Albert reminds us to follow the rules of the road. Since this is an Urban Roller ride, we [ ]