Get on your bike and ride!
So, you’re thinking to yourself you need to get out and do something this weekend. Something new and fun. Something that will get you around people you like, or will like once you get to know them. Maybe you can check out an old church or heritage building along the way. Well, have we got something for you to sink your cleats into…
Join WindsorEats.com and Scaledown.ca this Sunday, September 28 as we ride our bikes through the city and celebrate Windsor’s heritage on our very first City Cycle!
This is a free ride and we are inviting everyone to come out and join us! Our stops will coincide with heritage sites open to the public during Doors Open Windsor. This is a leisurely ride with friends and an opportunity to take in some great architecture within our own city.
The City Cycle will meet at Taloola Cafe at 10:30 a.m. and head to our first stop promptly at 11:00 a.m. Stops may include:
- Willistead Manor
- Canadian Club Brand Centre
- All Saints Anglican Church
- McGregor-Cowan House
- St. John’s Anglican Church
- St. Mary’s Anglican Church
We’ll end our day at Gourmet Emporium for a few drinks. Ride will go from 11:00 a.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. If you are interested in joining us on our City Cycle, reserve a spot and email Pina with your name.
This is a relaxed ride so the itinerary is subject to change.
A few things to keep in mind for each ride:
Who knows? If this turns out to be as much fun as it seems, we may have to make this a regular occurrence! There is positively no better way to see the city than on two wheels.
Tags: Alternative Transportation, Architecture, event, walkerville
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Chris, I see you may have left out Assumption Church. Assumption church, better known as Windsor’s cathedral, is also on the Doors Open Tour. Also it is the oldest parish west of Montreal!
So come by and se this elegant church before the Diocese of London has their way and looks to vacate it.
i went with what was listed on the Doors Open Windsor website and Assumption wasn’t included on the list. but I’d definitely would love to see that.
Great idea! But alas, I will have to sit/walk this one out! I’ve had five bikes in twenty years in this city and each one has been stolen, the last one from a secure lockup in my building, I won’t buy another one …just not economical anymore in this city.
So have fun and I hope the weather is great for you!
Bike thieves are pondscum. You’ll find them in any big city. I have both a U-Bolt and a cable type lock and have been lucky so far - but then again I only ride recreationally/occasionally. I have a friend who rode his bike exclusively in Windsor and lost two in a period of one week at the University. Good bikes too. I think he smartened up after that and rolled on a $50 beater bike most the time.
Just wondering… is this national Car-free-Week? I’ve seen a number of promotions in other cities… nuthin in Windsor, however… Is anybody promoting this cause in the area?
Bite your tongue!
A few years back, Windsor used to celebrate with the City Street Celebration by shutting down Devonshire Road between Riverside and Wyandotte in historic Olde Walkerville, but unfortunately it only lasted a couple of years. World Car-Free Day is officially September 22nd and I’m anxiously awaiting another event in the Automotive Capital of Canada.
Please come down my street and help promote my skinny streets initiative
Fill us in with a little more info, Rusalka. Skinny streets? Do you happen to live on Prado?
Chris, skinny streets is reducing to width of roadways, particularly in subdivisions, to make the neighbourhood more intimate. More importantly, it makes neighbourhoods more pedestrian and bicycle friendly and safer for children. Since it also puts a focus on people, it can also increase the connectivity between neighbours.
Many municipalities across the U.S. are actually reducing the width of streets and it is making a positive change in the quality of life. Larger roads and increased traffic flow is destroying the quality of neighbourhoods.
Does that help a little
at least that is what i think i know about it
That sucks I’ll be out of town this weekend. Have fun.
For full details on Doors Open, and all the sites that will be open, check the website: http://doorsopenwindsor.com
You guys might mingle, run into these people on Sunday
Windsor Bicycle Committee’s Riverfront Ride 2008, Sunday September 28th
http://www.alanhalberstadt.com/
When: September 28, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
What: A community bicycle ride to Charles Clark Square to enjoy:
• the music of local guitarist “Dusty”,
• coffee and fruit courtesy of the Windsor Bicycling Committee, and
• water courtesy of Culligan Water.
All particiants will receive a chance to win bicycle helmets, lights and more.
Where: Two (2) start locations:
Alexander Park (located at Strabane and Riverside Drive E.) This group will cycle west, at a moderate pace, in the bike lane to Lincoln Ave. and continue along the Riverwalk to Glengarry Ave.
Assumption Park (located at Askin Blvd. and Riverside Drive E.) This group will cycle east, at a moderate pace, along the Riverwalk to meet the other group at Glengarry Ave.
Both groups will then cycle south on Glengarry Ave., and west on Chatham St. E. to Charles Clark Square.
* All participants must wear a helmet and follow the rules of the road.
For more details Call 311 or check the web at cyclewindsor.ca