{"id":2226,"date":"2007-08-30T10:10:59","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T14:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:54:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:54:40","slug":"alternative-grounds-digs-bikefriday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/08\/30\/alternative-grounds-digs-bikefriday\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Grounds digs BikeFriday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingtoronto.com\/bikefriday\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/181\/441206843_65e5ec6e42.jpg?v=1175378055\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summertime and the biking is easy&#8230;on Friday, at least. Commute to work with me and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiketo.ca\/bikefriday\">others<\/a> this Friday, August 31, for the last <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingtoronto.com\/bikefriday\/\">BikeFriday<\/a> this summer!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiketo.ca\/node\/452\">Last month<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativegrounds.com\/show.php\">Alternative Grounds<\/a> (at 333 Roncesvalles) and local MPP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheridinovo.ca\/\">Cheri DiNovo<\/a>\u00a0hosted BikeFriday. It was a lot of fun and we had a great turn out. Bikers get a free coffee this Friday. I&#8217;ll be there by 8:30am.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.ca\/tvshows\/mtvlive.jhtml\">MTVLive<\/a> filmed our BikeFriday group commute last month, which will now air on <strong>September 6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know it already, the concept behind BikeFriday is simple: ride to work together in groups. Riding in groups makes cyclists more visible to motorists, and hence, safer. (It is too sad for me to comment on the most recent cyclist death in which the driver &#8220;didn&#8217;t see&#8221; the cyclist. A seven-year old girl in Scarborough was hit and killed on Tuesday by a driver who was reportedly talking on a cell phone. I Bike TO post, media links and comments <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiketo.ca\/node\/1516\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>And, speaking of biking safely of groups&#8230;see you Friday night. I wish everyday was Critical Mass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summertime and the biking is easy&#8230;on Friday, at least. Commute to work with me and others this Friday, August 31, for the last BikeFriday this summer! Last month, Alternative Grounds (at 333 Roncesvalles) and local MPP Cheri DiNovo\u00a0hosted BikeFriday. It was a lot of fun and we had a great turn out. 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