bike month

The annual Blessing of the Bicycles took place Sunday at Trinity-St. Paul's on Bloor. Blessing of the Bicycles happens in a number of cities. It started when a Catholic church was approached by a cyclist, Glen, but it could be a blessing by any religion or denomination. Create your own.

Tino has a whole set of photos of the event, including of the Bike Pirates providing free bike tune-ups.

Location: Bloor Street West at Spadina (southeast side) 6PM Sharp

With Minsiters Vicki Obedkoff & Hans van Nie
Trinity-St. Paul's United Church

Note: The Listings in NOW Magazine and the
City of Toronto Bike Month Guide are slightly
incorrect.

The Best Way to Commute: A couple of stragglers at the start of the group commute at High Park and Bloor.

Today is the first day of Toronto's annual Bike Month. As usual, there was a group commute from various corners of the city, converging on City Hall for a City-sponsored pancake breakfast.

So how was it? I have no idea, really. I did the complete opposite and rode out of the city this morning, as usual, since my job is in that scary hinterland that few downtown Toronto cyclists ever venture out to: Mississauga. Actually, it's not that scary. I enjoy my commute, and it's often the best part of my day.

Last year I did the group commute to Toronto City hall from High Park, ate breakfast, then turned around and rode back west to work. It was a great way to start the day off, but perhaps a bit too much cycling so early in the day and I got to work even later than usual.

This year, however, the City of Mississauga, via Smart Commute Mississauga and the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee hosted their Bike to Work Day Pancake Breakfast on the same day as Toronto's, so I headed straight west this morning.

Hi all,

Mayor Miller is is trying to capture the positive energy that occurs at the start of Bike Month and channel it to encourage council to pass the Bike Lanes on Jarvis. To do this Mayor Miller has asked for the Jarvis Street Bike Lanes to be the FIRST item of regular business on the agenda to be dealt with Monday morning.

The free breakfast in Nathan Phillips ends at 9:30 just when the City Council begins it's meeting. We have an excellent opportunity to fill City Hall with cyclists and bring the positive energy that cyclists have into the council chambers, and hopefully encourage some additional votes to go our way. As I'm sure you heard/read in the news today, the vote at council is expected to be just as close as it was for making TTC an "essential service."

Spread this far and wide and try to encourage people to fill in the seats in the Council Chambers on Monday Morning, right after the free breakfast.

Please join me for a fun night of bike themed films at Yasi's Place 299 Wallace Avenue. Forget the drive-in; this movie night is at Yasi’s Place so ride to the screening. Catch The Triplets of Belleville and award-winning international shorts, projected onto the side of a building across the street.
Sat. June 7, 8:30 p.m.–11 p.m. Films start at 9PM Free Popcorn.
Yasi’s Place, 416-536-9888 North of Bloor, west of Lansdowne.
Father & DaughterTriplettes of Belleville

Bike Polo in Trinity Bellwoods Park is an exciting and sporting affair. Hosted by the fine folks from Street are for People, a fun time is guaranteed for all.
PractiseBike Polo FunBike Polo Fun2Bike Polo Fun3/Photo by Lisa Logan