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Publication: Kitchener Record

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

CAA wants to hear from cyclists about Ontario's Worst Roads

I may have missed this in previous years, but it appears that the Canadian Autombile Association is asking cyclists to nominate Ontario's worst roads.CAA Ontario has a Worst Roads campaign every year, mostly to shame the provincial government into doing ... [Published Kitchener Record - May 11 2013]

Entities: Swiss Chalet, Petro-Canada (Montreal), Ottawa

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Kitchener's Bike Fest: bring your bike and park it

Some of the details are coming together for Kitchener's BikeFest on Sunday, May 26.Here's the Facebook page, and here's the City of Kitchener website.There's a certain amount of weirdness in a bicycle event that is contained to a space (in this case, ... [Published Kitchener Record - May 11 2013]

Entities: Kitchener, Mechanic, Facebook Inc

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

What about a "Jane's Ride" of our dowtowns?

My partner and I went on a Jane's Walk on the past weekend, the Sunday walk hosted by Grand River Car Share, looking at travel alternatives in downtown Kitchener.I wonder about next year, hosting a bicycle "Jane's Ride" of Kitchener (and Waterloo?), looking ... [Published Kitchener Record - May 10 2013]

Entities: Kitchener, Security

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Hey, I saw cyclists with lights!

Riding home from work last night, I saw something that totally threw me: cyclists with bicycle lights.Not just one, but one more, a young couple, one on the sdiewalk, another riding against traffic: all with white lights on the front and red lights on ... [Published Kitchener Record - May 10 2013]

Entities: Critical Mass, Police

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

No reason not to ride this May

Here's a shoutout to our American cycling friends, who are celebrating National Bike Month this month, unlike we northerners who wait until the somewhat more predictable weather of June to do our national biking thing.With the weather this week, there's ... [Published Kitchener Record - May 04 2013]

Entities: United States

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Annual ride will remember the lost and promote safe cycling

The turnout for the memorial ride for Barrie Conrod last year was so encouraging, that the people involved with that ride are thinking about having an annual event to remember those who have been lost to cycling accidents, and to show the larger community ... [Published Kitchener Record - May 04 2013]

Entities: Prime Mover, Market

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Manulife Financial Corp

Biking dropped from Bike and Hike for Heart

Bit of a surprise to read this morning that the St. Mary's Hospital Foundation is dropping the cycling portion of its spring fundraiser for the regional cardiac care centre.Once known as the Manulife Bike for Heart, then the Manulife Bike and Hike for ... [Published Kitchener Record - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Manulife Financial Corp, Fundraising, LPGA Tour, Organism

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

E-bikes without pedals aren't e-bikes

If you're going to ride your e-bike after hoisting a few drinks, be sure that you didn't take your pedals off.That's one takeaway from a recent police scanner conversation related to me (the other takeaway is: don't cycle while impaired).Apparently, the ... [Published Kitchener Record - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Food Chain, Criminal, Drink Driving

Quotes

This year, the invitation letter I got at home read, "Whether the issue is traffic congestion, potholes, timing of traffic lights, road signs or pedestrian and cycling safety, we want to hear from you." The word "cycling" was not highlighted in the letter, but certainly in my mind

CAA wants to hear from cyclists about Ontario's Worst Roads [Published Kitchener Record - May 11 2013]