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WHAT?<\/b> “The Bike Show” just outside the car show
\nWHERE?<\/b> Corner of St. Urbain and Viger (in front of Place d’Armes metro)
\nWHEN?<\/b> The afternoon of Sunday, January 20th<\/p>\n

I’ve always found it a bit odd to see car ads in the metro (although I can’t begrudge the STM for going after such a large and lucrative source of advertising revenue) but it was especially perplexing to arrive at Place d’Armes station the other night only to find all of its ad space taken over for a Dodge-sponsored promotion of the Montreal International Auto Show, which will take place this weekend at the Palais des congr\u00e8s.<\/p>\n

Even though I loved car shows as a kid, my interest in them has waned. I’m sure I’m not alone. But there’s still a very good reason to head down to the convention centre this weekend: on Sunday, cycling enthusaists will crash the car love-in with a bike show just outside. Here’s more information from the organizers: <\/p>\n

Sunday 20 January, at the corner of Viger and St. Urbain, join us in showing the car-crazy consumers what a truly beautiful design looks like.<\/p>\n

While the ‘Salon de L’Auto’ goes on inside the Palais de Congr\u00e8s, we will amuse ourselves despite the violence wrought by automobiles.<\/p>\n

Bring your bike to the first, outdoor, velo-rutionary bike show!<\/p>\n

Why? A bike is… sexy, practical, fast, REALLY green, unique, mechanical, puissant, aero-dynamic, feminist, cheap!<\/p>\n

Decorate your bike! Put some energy into something really unique. There will be a prize for the most beautiful bike!<\/p>\n

There will also be a free community lunch, and music!<\/p>\n

It would also be great to see strange machines and contraptions that have been made from bike parts.<\/p>\n

Get those ‘two-talls’, low-riders, fixeys, recumbents, unicycles, trailers, all manners of pedal-power down to the ‘Salon du Velo’!<\/p>\n

It’s a bike party in front of the Montreal Car Show!<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You heard them. If you like bikes, a trip to the car show might be exactly what you need.<\/p>\n

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