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I know I should say something like "I love my mom, and I love world peace," but honestly, I don't think there's anything I love more than riding my bike with while listening to music. I love putting music to my life, and I love attaching certain songs to certain places: I first heard Wilco sing "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" when I bought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot at Soundscapes, and will forever think of Euclid as the avenue that Jeff Tweedy "assassins down" and Toronto as the "big city blinking" that he hides out in. The first thing ...

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS � Certain words or phrases have a way of evoking images of particular cities. Say the term "car culture," for example, and the smog-choked expressways of Los Angeles immediately come to mind. Say the words "bicycle culture," and what comes to mind are the cities of Holland. I've had the good fortune to experience this bicycle culture for the last six months, living and working in Rotterdam. Separated lanes, bicycle traffic lights, and secure racks make Rotterdam's bicycle culture thriving and vibrant. This vibrancy reveals itself in small gestures: my boss pulling up next to me on our commute ...

They can be seen at Caribana or the Ex, pedaling through your local park, or rushing along the city's roads and bike lanes, but are easily mistaken for police. Since 1996, Toronto's Emergency Medical Services bicycle paramedics have been pedal-powering themselves to emergencies as part of the Toronto EMS Mountain Bike Program. Mostly used during special events, bicycle paramedics allow for rapid response times in congested areas. These two-wheeled ambulances are capable of handling not only potholes but the curbs and stairs that their four-wheeled counterparts cannot. Bike paramedics are also able to provide almost all of the services of a more ...