BikeBrampton

Author: Dayle Laing

  • Bike to Work Day 2023

    Bike to Work Day 2023

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    City of Brampton hosted a celebration of Bike to Work Day on June 1 in Garden Square. Welcomed were BikeBrampton, Different Spokes DT bike hub, Brampton Cycling Club, Algoma U, Brampton Transit, Ride Don’t Hide and 3 e-scooter companies: Bird, Scooty, and Neuron. McDonalds sponsored complementary breakfast. This was a great kick-off to Bike Month!

  • Cycling Chronicles 15 – BikeBrampton 10 Years

    Cycling Chronicles 15 – BikeBrampton 10 Years

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    Steve Stoller Reflects on BikeBrampton 10 Years. For me, it all began with the desire to establish a cycling heat map by Region of Peel Active Transportation. I had responded to a request in the local newspaper for cyclists interested in logging trips. The purpose was to develop a Peel cycling heat map.

  • Earth Day BikeWrx

    Earth Day BikeWrx

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    BikeBrampton welcomed spring with Earth Day celebrations. We escorted cyclists from 4 locations to Norton Place Park on April 22nd. Booth material arrived via cargo bike trailers.

  • Know Your Rights in Brampton

    Know Your Rights in Brampton

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    BikeBrampton welcomed The Biking Lawyer Dave Shellnut to a BikeWrx workshop at Different Spokes. 21 cyclists from all walks of life gathered for a presentation and rousing discussion about how cyclists can protect themselves. The Bike Lawyer LLP provided valuable advice on steps to take in the event of a cyclist-motorist collision.

  • BikeBrampton Celebrates 10 Years

    BikeBrampton Celebrates 10 Years

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    The biggest change over the last 10 years is the culture shift. When we started BikeBrampton in 2013, seeing a cyclist was so rare we took a photo! Now we see cyclists every day! People ride bikes not only for recreation on a weekend afternoon. They ride to work, to do errands, to visit friends…

  • Cycling Chronicles Vol 14

    Cycling Chronicles Vol 14

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    Sometimes we have an image in our minds of what we look like, which does not exactly correspond with how other people see us. This is a story of how this, totally by chance, happened to me. The fact that I saw a picture and yet did not recognize myself in the image, still makes…

  • BikeWrx 2022 Success

    BikeWrx 2022 Success

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    Integrating BikeWrx into the Brampton Community BikeBrampton integrates the Brampton Bike Hub and Caledon Bike Hub BikeWrx programs into the community through partnerships. This encourages new and existing cyclists to consider riding. Learning basic bike repair skills empowers people to ride for transportation and to venture longer distances. Having help with route planning removes another…

  • Bike the Creek 8th Annual

    Bike the Creek 8th Annual

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    It’s a successful wrap on Bike the Creek 2022, the 8th annual free regional signature ride through Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga. A record 1,350 cyclists registered. Save the date for JUNE 10, 2023!

  • Cycling Chronicles Vol 13

    Cycling Chronicles Vol 13

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    Becoming a Randonneur. How far is too far? With cycling, this is an open-ended question. My friend has ridden his bike around the world. That is taking it to extremes. To bring it down to a relatable context, my question was how far could I ride in a single day, during daylight hours.

  • Cycling Chronicles Vol 12

    Cycling Chronicles Vol 12

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    Riding one hundred miles is considered a milestone achievement for cyclists and has been for some time. It may be considered a random number, especially since Canada has long switched over to the metric system. Other sports have milestone achievements that are also quite random. The marathon, at 26 miles and 385 yards, is a…