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Art Crawl/Janet Attard
New bike art on display at the Gladstone Hotel, which is on right now. You can see more of her fine bike art at the 401 Richmond.
All the info: Queen West Art Crawl

Dear concerned cyclist,

DandyHorse Cover

The launch is tonite at CineCycle ...
Very exciting!

Yvonne Bambrick took some great photos at the launch.

Chris Carlsson - Nowtopia
Thursday, September 4 8PM (doors 7:30PM)

Torontonians will get another chance to claim thier stolen bikes from Igor. The police are holding one more series of open houses to display the recovered bikes at 35 Strachan Avenue

From TPS Press release
And from City News

All Pirates on deck! It is time to raise sail for the open seas in search of verdant new land.

The Bike Pirates are moving from their popular 457 Bathust spot to 1292 Bloor St. W., east of Lansdowne and Bloor.

If you're looking to help, the word from the Pirates:

Just found out about this from The Mississauga News

The Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee is bringing in Ben Gomberg, Chicago’s bicycle program coordinator, to share his expertise and insight about that city’s success in creating a bicycle-friendly city.

Gomberg’s presentation, which is open to the public, takes place Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. in the Central Library’s Noel Ryan Auditorium. A question-and-answer session is included.

As many of you know, I have been involved in organizing & attending memorials for cyclists killed in traffic in the GTA for many years. For a long time though, I always felt that something more permanent should be done to honour their memory.

Last summer, my partner Wendy Lucas offered to plant a tree in their memory along Lake Ontario. I thought it was a very touching idea. We decided to dedicate the tree to all cyclists killed in traffic in Toronto and across Canada.

Micro Cine Fest is a new film festival coming to Toronto this September 2008. Organized by the fine folks at CineCycle, it's not too late to submit films for their first annual festival. Ride to CineCycle and enjoy movies in Toronto's most Bike-friendly cinema.
For more details see www.microcinefest.ca or