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Want a Dutch Bike to Ride Around Town on?

By Laurel-Lea Shannon

Look no further. Republic’s Plato Dutch bicycle is a mix of retro styling with modern whimsy, and it’s affordable. Their slogan, built by you & us may strike fear in the heart of most women, but don’t drag out the wrench set yet. Republic does 90%

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MIT'S Copenhagen Wheel

This new bicycle wheel not only boosts power using Formula One inspired technology, but also can keep track of fitness, friends, smog and traffic – helping Copenhagen become the first carbon neutral capital by 2025.

It looks like an ordinary bicycle wheel with an oversized center. But packed inside the sleek, bright red hub is a

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Safe Cycle Commuting

By Jacqui Snyder

The weather is slowly warming, we’ve just had Bike Week and the Ride for Heart is almost on us. I hope many of you have decided to cycle to work.

The benefits are that it will give you great looking legs and gluts, it’s good for your health and the environment, you’ll feel fantastic, and

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Bike To Work—Tips From A Three-Season Commuter

By Laurel-Lea Shannon
After twelve years of cycling to work, Kerry Guglielmin has overcome all the barriers, fears and concerns most women have about commuting by bike. Eight months of the year she pedals her royal-blue hybrid bike to work beside the Rideau Canal, which weaves its way through Canada’s capital, Ottawa.

“Biking to work perks you

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Snow Biking

Winter cycling in the city—things to know before you go

BY SHEILA ASCROFT

Blue skies, bright sun, fresh temperatures, five cm of packed snow — a perfect day for a bike ride, right? You don’t have to be one of those hardy Ottawa souls who cycle to work in winter — just think of it as you would

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