Ottawa Biking

Take a look at these Revolights: motion-sensitive lights that clip on to your bike wheel and project light forward and backward! This project got off the ground after a successful fundraising campaign on kickstart, you should check out their original fundriasing video, too, where they show some prototypes!

Yesterday was Ottawa’s first Winter Family Bike Parade, organized by the Citizens for Safe Cycling. The Urban Commuter blog has a great report on the event, along with a vid from CfSC prez…

http://urbancommuter.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/successful-first-winter-bike-parade-in-ottawa/

Great writeup. It was really fun!

City bans e-bikes from Pathways:

Ottawa bike guy: New E-bike rules for NCC pathways

http://ottawabikeguy.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-e-bike-rules-for-ncc-pathways.html

Trying to leave a smaller footprint by cycling more often.

Alex has created a fake flyer for his perfect winter bike – pretty funny!

The 2012 Alex Bikes all-season Dreamcycle « Alex Bikes

http://alexbikes.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/the-2012-alex-bikes-all-season-dreamcycle/

Ottawa bike politics.

Open House – December 17th | Ottawa Bicycle Club

http://www.ottawabicycleclub.ca/story-image/20111202-0

The traditional Christmas Open House at the Club Office at 170 Booth Street is Saturday December 17th from 9am to 1pm. Drop in to sample some Christmas baking while wishing your cycling buddies the best of the Season…

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Here’s an updated to my post from last week about the Rideau River footbridge connecting Overbrook with Sandy Hill… looks like they’ve approved it at the City:

Transportation committee backs plan for pedestrian bridge over Rideau River | | CitizenCycleCitizenCycle

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A head’s-up about the closure of a portion of the Voyageurs pathway:

NCC: Closure of portion of Voyageurs pathway | | CitizenCycleCitizenCycle

http://cycle.ottawacitizen.com/news/closure-of-portion-of-voyageurs-pathway

Wednesday 07 December 2011

Here’s a great video by 53 x 11 of the Eastern Ontario Cyclocross series year-end. Pretty miserable weather!

CfSC’s take on the Lansdowne biking and traffic plan:

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A detailed post at Alex Bikes on planned bike paths around the new Lansdowne Park and possible Fifth/Clegg footbridge:

QED crossings out of sync with NCC « Alex Bikes

http://alexbikes.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/qed-crossings-out-of-sync-with-ncc/

It is this map that got me really concerned:

An interesting summary of the City of Ottawa’s Roads and Cycling Advisory Committee’s “Public Brainstorming Session”:

Ottawa bike guy: Ottawa cyclist brainstorming session

http://ottawabikeguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/ottawa-cyclist-brainstorming-session.html

Trying to leave a smaller footprint by cycling more often.

A great video from Kris Westwood of the 2011 Ontario Cyclocross Championships:

David Reevely at the Ottawa Citizen is reporting that the Laurier Bike Lanes will remain open for the winter, except during heavy snowfalls or ice storms.

“If there are major winter storms or ice present, the segregated bake lanes may be temporarily closed until they have been cleared and made safe for cycling. When segregated bike lanes are…

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