{"id":1167,"date":"2006-09-25T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2006-09-25T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2006-09-25T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2006-09-25T16:53:04","slug":"bikefriday-rides-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/09\/25\/bikefriday-rides-again\/","title":{"rendered":"BikeFriday rides again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/71\/224010284_61ec675242_o.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Get ready to roll! This Friday is the 2nd <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingtoronto.com\/bikefriday\">BikeFriday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back on August 25th, Joe Travers of <a href=\"http:\/\/bikingtoronto.blogspot.com\/\">bikingtoronto.blogspot<\/a> started an initiative to get people thinking about biking in Toronto once a month, instead of just once a year at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/cycling\/bikeweek\/index.htm\">BikeWeek<\/a> in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short report on the first BikeFriday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>August&#8217;s BikeFriday received <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=1086\">a lot of attention<\/a> for something that went from idea to reality in less than 10 days. I was interviewed by the <em>Toronto Star<\/em>, CTV News, GlobalTV, and CFRB radio. While making me extremely nervous, it made me happy that biking in Toronto is getting this much exposure. For a first event, it went very well&#8230; with a few cyclists riding together from various points around the city and the GTA in the interest of safety, and a few of these groups meeting up at Yonge and Bloor for a ride down to City Hall. While small, it was a great start, especially since a CFRB reporter and City <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/councillors\/mihevc1.htm\">Councillor Joe Mihevc<\/a> rode their bikes with us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>This Friday, Sept. 29,<\/strong> there is a vertible panoply or biking events.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we have the <strong>BikeFriday<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingtoronto.com\/bikefriday\/commute.html#commute\">Group Commutes<\/a> &#8211; cyclists meeting in groups to commute to work. (I am leading one commute from Queen West and Sorauren at 8 am, to City Hall. And, I plan to report back on which politicians took part.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassrootsstore.com\/\">Grassroots Environmental Products<\/a> (408 Bloor Ave. West) is offering a free Bikers Breakfast to any cyclists who come by between 8 &#8211; 9:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, join hundreds of other cyclists for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmtoronto.ca\/\">Critical Mass<\/a> and ride in a big group around downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>And, the <a href=\"http:\/\/tbn.ca\/cycling\/fnr.htm\">Toronto Bicycle Network Friday Night Ride <\/a>&#8212; the city&#8217;s &#8220;friendliest cycling club&#8221; &#8212; is also hosting a fun and social ride.<\/p>\n<p>Safe Rides!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready to roll! This Friday is the 2nd BikeFriday. Back on August 25th, Joe Travers of bikingtoronto.blogspot started an initiative to get people thinking about biking in Toronto once a month, instead of just once a year at BikeWeek in the spring. Here is a short report on the first BikeFriday: August&#8217;s BikeFriday received<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/09\/25\/bikefriday-rides-again\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;BikeFriday rides again&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[3362,3361,1082,552,1603,22085,316,339,19,341],"class_list":["post-1167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-politics","tag-cfrb","tag-cfrb-reporter-and-city-councillor","tag-ctv","tag-joe-mihevc","tag-joe-travers","tag-politics","tag-queen","tag-the-toronto-star","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-star"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BikeFriday rides again - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/09\/25\/bikefriday-rides-again\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BikeFriday rides again - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Get ready to roll! 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