It’s May, and though the weather might being doing its best to pull the wool over our eyes, summer is just around the corner. And that means that soon we may actually get a glimpse of the elusive daystar. This also means that perfect commuting weather is also here, well, almost… positive thoughts. Regardless of […]
Riding
Another Bike to Work Week is only days away, Will you ride?
May 24th, 2011My bike isn’t as fast as I remember it, or is it just me?
May 4th, 2011This winter left me in a somewhat less than ideal shape. The addition of a new member to our family meant that my time on a bicycle was greatly reduced. With moving to a new home and going to school while working full time, well, that meant that I spent a great deal of time […]
Communication is key: how being obvious is being safe on a bicycle
February 15th, 2011If you work in an office, I do, then you have probably experienced the strange and troubling phenomenon of communications break down. It can be a disruptive and most distracting occurrence. The result is usually confusion, a string of long emails and somebody making an error in judgment. All of these things could generally have […]
Cycling has a lot going for; its getting easier to become a cyclist every day.
January 13th, 2011Cycling has a lot going for it: its great exercise, a quick way to get around a city, less expensive than a car, pollutes less than other forms of transportation and an awesome way to experience the full gamut of sense provoking sights, sounds and smells that the world holds around us. So here’s a […]
Don’t get SAD: Ride your Bike
December 15th, 2010I read a story the other day about a young girl that started out every day by looking at herself in the mirror and convincing herself that keep a positive attitude no matter what the day threw her way. She had started it when she was in her teens and had continued this daily repetition […]
Product Profile: Ode to the mighty fender, the hero of wet weather riding.
August 31st, 2010Today was the first day in a long time that Vancouver has had a serious dose of rain. This of course got me thinking about staying dry which then turned my thoughts to fenders. We make fenders, I thought, so why not do product profile on our fenders. And here we are, it’s still raining […]
Bike Style Tour: Experience Cycling, Fashion and Party
August 27th, 2010Soon, very soon -as in next Thursday- the Bike Style Tour will kick off in Toronto Canada. You may be wondeirng what a Bike Style Tour is, and who could blame you? Not me. This tour is at its core a good time; a gathering of like minded cyclists to enjoy riding, style, culture and […]
Two Wheels Shape My Life
August 5th, 2010Sweet, speed embraced freedom Nothing is as fast as me; two wheels speeding through concrete jungles I am an urban warrior beating the rat race As we dodge, duck and weave through a steel stampede, I can’t help but smile A gap opens and I push the cranks harder just squeaking through Mother Nature throws […]
Smile, you’re on a bicycle :)
July 19th, 2010It was a hot summer afternoon; the sun beat down on the helpless city, relentlessly pushing the mercury higher and higher. Waves of heat poured upwards from the hot blacktop of the streets as drivers sat in their air conditioned cabins, insulated from the burning sun. I was desperately trying to navigate the twists and turns […]