Accident Lesson #101

Working Title: Help Toronto Cyclist Taylor Smile!

 

Accidents happen, especially in a city like Toronto where lack of proper infrastructure generates so many "accidents" they really shouldn't be called that. It undermines the weight and severity of the situation and the cost to civilians. As Aaron Naparstek puts it:

"It’s what we call it when a toddler makes a small mess." 

Taylor's "accident" is a bad reminder that despite being a positive, proactive, strong cyclist- road collisions can happen to all of us. Waking up at the hospital is terrifying, and living with scars and missing teeth is the worst, and a constant reminder of the trauma. Let's all pitch in what we can to her GoFundMe campaign and help out this lovely lady smile like this never happened.



I am sure that the best way to make Taylor smile, is to make sure you stay pro-active yourself by turning your attention to organizations like CycleTo, participating in media like Momentum Magazine and Dandy Horse, and you can participate or volunteer at local DIY centers such as Bike Pirates and Bike Sauce. Evergreen BrickWorks even has a safety and basics road skills course you can take to brush up or recruit a new Toronto cyclist with.

Love, Love, Love,

cycle safety popcorn

The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.

hens don't need cocks to lay eggs

:)

The Internets!!

Here are links to some cool things!


Looking for a job? Kowtow, a rad sustainable fashion company in New Zealand, is looking for a production manager!

Sarai Snyder from Girl Bike Love put this on the Facebook and I am going to listen to it and think about it for a while.

"We are expressing ourselves, and through this other people won't feel so alone." - Charlie Kaufman



Refinery 29 it gives us 5 rad helmet hair styles.



Forbes shows a history of comics of the 1890's bicycle boom.


(Damn straight.)
 
 Secret origins photo:

Doing Karl-twheels for Chanel Bike Helmets!!!

Did you know that Karl Lagerfeld had six bicycles when he was a little boy? It's true. You can see him talk about it in an old documentary about him - not the new one where he's skinny but the old one, where he's still quite the nihilist. Check it out here. As he tells it "all the other children were very poor after the war in Germany and couldn't even afford one bicycle. But my parents were rich, and they bought me 6 different bicycles. And did I share any of these bicycles with the other children? No. I rode a different bicycle to school every day."

And there you go. That's Karl for ya.

By the way, this bike helmet has jewels on it and costs $7000~. And you wouldn't want to share it with anyone either.