tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4113850159602682152024-03-13T21:36:31.652-04:00MontrealizeGlimpses into one of the most vibrant North American cycling cities.Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-11479884427306884872012-06-15T13:24:00.000-04:002012-06-15T13:24:00.142-04:00As stupid as it gets
It is a very unfortunate fact that, still to this very day, cycling is seen as either a "choosing the right bike" thing or "individual freedom/choice/civil right" issue. Not many have made the connection between cycling rates and cycling infrastructures, even though the lack thereof is the single reason for low cycling rates in North America, along with Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-49189695341765453502012-06-11T09:26:00.000-04:002012-06-11T09:26:00.099-04:00Un tour la nuit 2012
I won't comment too much.
Last Friday (June 1st) Un tour la nuit took place, the 20 km night tour of the city.
A little glimpse into the event...
This guy below was distribution free red bike lights!!
Yep, this is a boat!!
Myette a moving company on bikes.
Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-29776536812983877862012-06-09T13:43:00.000-04:002012-06-09T13:43:09.606-04:00Share the road
This year again, Vélo Quebec is campaigning for a courteous sharing of the road by all users. Experts have already given us a piece of their minds on the "sharing the road theory" but hey, everyone is free to be wrong and years behind. Too bad this misconception is perpetuated on public funds... Ahem...
Well, despite these shortcomings, some elements of the campaign are interesting. Please noteMontrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-35687785824305179132012-06-08T02:30:00.001-04:002012-06-08T02:34:09.266-04:00Basket case
I should have known better. That this basket was going to be a total pain in the ass. I did see the reviews on Amazon. But hey, I though mine was going to be different, bla bla bla.
Well no, this one was no different.
Anyways, this basket got shot in less than a year. This particular line within the Nantucket brand, the "Lightship" is a real piece of shit.
Now, I may not have Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-71119435036823613172012-05-30T20:56:00.001-04:002012-06-09T12:53:39.057-04:00Gabe Klein à Montreal
If
you are in Montreal this Friday, Gabe Klein will be giving a
conference at the Grande Bibliothèque as part of the Féria du Vélo.
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A
presentation by Gabe Klein
Chicago Transportation
Commissioner
Urban mobility: novel
approach by the Windy City
Gabe Klein is considered a rock star of urban transportation in
the United States. As Transportation Director Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-67820834602281689192012-05-28T10:48:00.001-04:002012-05-28T10:48:27.033-04:00The Bike Show
Last week, May 22nd, Jack Thurston dedicated his show to Copenhagen and Cycle Chic.
You can listen to the show here.
Copenhagen, City of cyclists
Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-81535241005932530652012-05-26T12:48:00.001-04:002012-05-28T10:46:41.498-04:00Off for a little while....
....If you see what I mean!
Will be back soon... Hopefully...
Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-38704275852852131432012-05-20T01:53:00.000-04:002012-05-20T01:53:00.323-04:00Nice videos: Les légumes nous parlent
Not bicycle related for once.
Little video by directors Stéphane Groleau and Mary Marcotte.
This video was produced as part of a campaign to promote meatless Mondays. If omnivorous would give up eating meat as little as once a week, this already would have a major Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-6724057709270211492012-05-15T01:27:00.000-04:002012-05-15T01:27:00.045-04:00Spring media review
You know it's back-on-your-bike season when the media start going on cycling as a trend and how-to's, blah blah blah, just like every spring.
A sample:
- The Montreal Gazette
"The way to go", April 19th
- The Ottawa Citizen
"Five tips to get you wheeling" April 25th
- The Globe and Mail
"How to get urban dwellers cycling: make it normal", April 25th
- Openfile
"OpenRoad: 'War' Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-44317243853165259402012-05-12T00:00:00.000-04:002012-05-13T22:07:27.496-04:00Summer program
This coming summer won't see me in any intense cycling activity. I won't have the time at all this year.
However, after a 3-4 years absence, I'll pedal the Tour de l'Ile on June 3rd as well as un Tour la nuit on June 1st.
I guess that's my way of paying dues to the cycling community. The cyclists count is kind of important as the media make a huge deal of how big those Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-7844421468721872112012-05-09T22:57:00.000-04:002012-05-09T22:58:24.951-04:00Important: Bicycle theft study
I received today the email below.
If you are a Montréal cyclist please contribute to the improvement of our cycling experience by answering the survey. If you're not but you know someone who is, please forward it to them.
It is important that the cycling community gets as vocal as possible and gets its positions and opinions heard.
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Bonjour les cyclistes de Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-88861130733708136352012-05-06T22:15:00.001-04:002012-06-08T13:41:58.465-04:00Bikes and bags (suite)
Then one day, I somehow clicked on one of these random links which took me to the Po Campo website. Honestly, and I don't receive any money from them, it is the best thing that has even happened in my "cycling career" (whatever that means).
Those bags are just awesome. Take a look at those pictures from last summer.
Crazy no? Stylish, fresh, summery, Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-28447088266671663212012-05-05T00:34:00.000-04:002012-05-07T01:51:46.236-04:00Bikes and bags
Oh boy! This is a VERY old post, something I wrote some time last summer and forgot at the bottom of the pile. Well here it is...
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Finding a way to elegantly carry our stuff around is every urban's cyclist worst nightmare.
Once past the initial fumbling with the bicycle's setup and options, one soon realises that some sort of device is needed to carry our loadsMontrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-33678317162512012822012-05-01T11:36:00.003-04:002012-05-01T11:36:49.945-04:00Caravane, la grande pédalée
An infallible sign that cycling is becoming mainstream in a community is when you see minority demographics (i.e. racial, age, gender or other), getting involved, being empowered and taking ownership of the cycling habit.
Instead of contributing to discrimination, racial divisions, top-down attitudes, social exclusion and racism as seems to be the case in places such as Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-3481021743893685382012-04-25T22:52:00.000-04:002012-04-25T22:52:23.714-04:00Hell will freeze over...
...before something like this is even envisaged in here. Such concepts would just curl our North America neurons. Especially in Quebec where people drive like they own the streets.
There is it, as seen on Copenhaganize!
Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-39168418565244902582012-04-05T00:41:00.004-04:002012-04-07T00:44:59.968-04:00Petite mise au point I've been meaning to do that for a while now but got lazy. I am a big time procrastinator.Today I'll answer (some of) the frequently asked questions I receive.
- "Why is your English so weird sometimes, are your writing with your feet or what?"
No, I write with (what I believe are) my hands. But English is not my first language; my first language is French.
- "What is your problem with Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-44640198238561721172012-04-04T11:51:00.003-04:002012-04-04T20:46:51.583-04:00How sweet the sound
Aaaaah!
Sweet, sweet sound of people bitching and complaining about gas prices...
It's only the beginning folks!!
Huuuummmm... Hot summer ahead...
Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-27026423263639862192012-03-31T19:27:00.001-04:002012-04-01T19:00:30.010-04:00Trop chère l'essence!
I apologise to my anglo readers, but this time, this post will be in French.
Sur son blog, Les jours et l'ennui de Seb Musset, ce dernier signe un post qui déchire. Amen, Seb tu es un Dieu!
Extrait:
Peuple des jantes, j'entends ta colère. Tu en as marre d'être l'automobile dindon plumé par l'état maquereau à la solde du lobby des trottinettes ? Je te Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-24415750702058234992012-03-22T11:56:00.000-04:002012-03-22T11:56:25.748-04:00Summer in Winter
As all of you East coasters have probably noticed by now, we have somehow skipped Spring to jump straight into Summer. Crazy!
Of course, this is not gonna last, next week we'll be down into the 10 degrees again. Yet, we've hit the 23 degrees, top record for a day in March!
So this weekend, we went out and as expected, all the fair weather cyclists were out and about, Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-72669850470423332162012-03-12T19:40:00.000-04:002012-03-12T19:40:32.614-04:00First "ride" of the year
Sunday was the first weekend with both sunshine and nice temperature. We we fortunate enough to have a beautiful bright day with up to 11 degrees.
We hopped onto our bikes and pedaled off to our first brunch of the season.
The so called "Réseau Blanc" or White Network was totally disgusting, full of litter, junk as well as all kinds of poo. On some sections, blocks of unmelted (andMontrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-6231401065081304252012-03-10T20:33:00.001-05:002012-03-11T08:25:18.551-04:00Gearing up!
While I just got my modest wheels back from the shop, somebody around here is getting ready for some action!
Indeed, we've started to get temperature in the 10 degrees, enough for the rats to come out of their holes. Now of course, spring is not here yet, let alone summer but hey! If the temperature is right... Off we go!!
- Cycling tops
- Cycling bib
- The diaper Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-71593643177930180122012-03-01T11:36:00.001-05:002012-03-01T11:36:31.588-05:00Ride on
Here we go again!
Lululemon in action, once more with yet more items on their "commuter" line called Ride on.
You can view the whole spring collection here.
I have a lot of negative comments about most of these items so I will abstain... Or almost!
- I see no point in riding pants/shorts/crops of any kind, with the specific exception of protective rain pants, which they do not Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-53372457033754498202012-02-28T16:02:00.004-05:002012-02-28T16:10:08.245-05:00Upcoming bike season
"Montreal gas prices jump 17 cents in a week"
Titles The Gazette this morning. Prices went from 1.26 $ to 1.44 $ a litre. A litre!!That's quite a jump in a week and I truly hope it is only the beginning. Read the rest here. It can only go up my friends! It is a structural situation you see.It is official now, peak oil is behind us. Authoritative figures have admitted it. It is no Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-72946992090362634112012-02-26T20:39:00.000-05:002012-02-26T20:39:46.277-05:00The sum of all my fears
A few weeks ago, I posted the weirdest of all posts, the very first of the year, called "Disturbance".
Disturbance, indeed, was I sensing in the Force as some of the people closest to me had started behaving in odd and shady fashion...
Something was cooking...
Soon enough, things came to a head. I corned him. He flaked, then admitted. He confessed. HeMontrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411385015960268215.post-80901282212859766932012-02-20T23:37:00.000-05:002012-02-20T23:37:09.032-05:00Retour sur Terre, i.e. Back to Earth
Such is the title of a Swiss documentary on Peak Oil directed by Pierre Lacourt. It came out in November 2011 and is nowhere to be seen on Canadian screens yet. Soon maybe...
Teaser
BACK TO EARTH - Teaser from C-Side Productions on Vimeo.
Trailer
BACK TO EARTH - TRAILER from C-Side Productions on Vimeo.
This will be a biggie in 2012. Keep posted!Montrealizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08689176985812848399noreply@blogger.com0