For anyone interested, Windsoreats.com along with Scaledown.ca present the first City Cycle, to coincide with this Sunday’s Doors Open event.
Yours truly is part of the Doors Open organizing committee, so as a result, sadly International Metropolis had to bow out of helping with this first City Cycle event, but hopefully, we will be participants in the next one.
It’s free, and it will be a fun way to see some sites, and get some excerise in too…
Join WindsorEats.com and Scaledown.ca on 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:
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 from Windsoreats with your name.
This is a relaxed ride so the itinerary is subject to change.
A few things to keep in mind for each rider:
bring a bike?!?!?! awwwwww forget it! i would love to join the ride but work has other plans for me. have fun all!
thanks andrew!
i heard you MUST have a helmet to take part in this. is that true?
http://www.cyclewindsor.ca/resource/WindsorBicyclingCommittee.pdf
It states, “All participants must wear a helmet…”
The recent wine route tour had the same stipulation, if I recall.
What are they going to do tell you no and ride faster so you can’t keep up. Whether you want to wear a helmet or not, that is your choice, just follow along.
I for one am tired of beign told to bubble wrap myself and my kids for “safety reasons”.
By the way, I am for wearing a helmet but not because someone tells me to but it is YOUR choice.
Wish I could join you all; have a wonderful time seeing the sites. Ride safely.
there is another event happening the same day (the riverfront ride) that stipulates you must wear a helmet. the reason for the helmet requirement on these types of events is mainly liabilities. an organizer needs to ensure we do all we can to make sure everyone’s safety is taken into consideration. I don’t force people to wear helmets on our rides, the choice is yours, but I do encourage their use.
I’m hoping that the mandatory helmet thing is just to avoid liabilities?
The shitty thing about forcing people to wear helmets is that it decreases ridership across the board. That fact alone is -very- bad, considering that it is well known that the best way to make cycling safer is to simply have an increased number of cyclists on the road.
Mandatory Helmets aside, this sounds like an awesome event…
wish they would just let you sign a waiver freeing them of all liability, so you could ride as you like.
I wear a helmet to show my kids a good example. That being said, this is just a group of people riding together from one “Doors Open” site to the next. There is nobody to hold liable even if you were to fall and spill your brains everywhere. While grossing the rest of us out a bit, that would be completely your choice.
You’re right, Mike. Organized rides do tend to stipulate mandatory helmet use because of the liabilities involved. How would you like to see someone remove WindsorEats from the face of the earth just because they sued them, US-style? The risk isn’t worth the reward.
Helmets are mandatory if you are under the age of 18. Adults do not need to wear a helmet.
Don’t like helmets?
Three words…
CLOSED HEAD INJURY