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,

PIRATES' PARTIES ARE ALWAYS FUN!

Tired of biking outside in snowy weather?

Patrick Shas and Tom Sands are having a fundraising party at Bike Pirates in support of completion of their newest bike documentary "I Bike Toronto"

The evening will begin with a screening of the pilot of their film and the film "Ghost Bikes", a short about ghost bikes in Toronto.

Following the films will be friendly Goldsprints! Race your friends and show off your skills in the warmth of the indoors!
DJ Levesque and Dragon Scorpion's own DJ Puppies will be spinning tunes for your Goldsprints enjoyment.

(Goldsprints are a stationary bike racing platform using fixed gear or single speed bikes on rollers. Check out this video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSOSK4kMckU)
 
Saturday, January 12, 2013  
7:00pm until 2:00am

Doors 7pm
Film Screening 7:30pm
Gold Sprints 8:30pm

Beverages will be available in the kitchen to help support Tom and Patrick's full length documentary endeavours.

LADIES ARMY IV FUNDRAISER PARTY = SUCCESS!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to the Ladies Army Fundraiser on saturday night! We had a packed house, ridiculous amounts of fun, and I even won at gold sprints (#fiercecompetition)!!

LADIES ARMY IV FUNDRAISER PARTY!

Don't know what you're doing saturday?

...well now you do! You're coming out to dance your face off and help BPTO get down to Lexington KY, to compete in the 4th Annual Ladies Army tournament! It's totally that time of year again!

So get over to Bike Pirates for cheap beer, goldsprints, raffles, & ridiculous dancing! Not only that, but it's Bench Minor & Bike Smash this weekend, so there will be lots of Montreal, K-dub & Ottawa kids kicking around. So expect general hilarity & hooliganism. For more details about saturday go HERE!

BIKE PIRATES / APRIL 7 / 9PM-LATE / 1292 BLOOR ST

ICYCLE 2012 IS COMING!

It's nearly that time of year again! Everyone's favourite annual ice race at Dufferin Grove... ICYCLE! So stud out those tires and we'll see you on the ice or on the sidelines being rowdy either way. The event this year is going down on Feb 18th. It's $5 to sit in the box (all proceeds going to Charlie's Freewheels), or FREE to watch from everywhere else. Afterparty at Bike Pirates.

And with the way this ridiculous snow free & mild (minus yesterday) winter is going, it's probably going to be a pretty nice night for the race. Fingers crossed....

(photo by Nana Arbova)

BFF PIRATES!

whoa. remember this night? Gotta love @bikepirates.

HELL TRACK 4: RAILPATH SPRINTS.

Man I love my city. Hands down, Hell Track, combined with BFF, combined with a giant after party at Bike Pirates = one epic night. Check out this awesome edit of the sprints put together by our buddy Nick Iwanyshyn.