Get Your Bike Fix

Bikes, Bike Culture and meta-commentary about the building of the BikeFixFinder website and iPhone application.
July 15

Update 124

Removed: Bike Warehouse on Kennedy

Update: Skiis & Biikes in Mississauga (not Toronto!)

Update: Added phone for Bike Sauce

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Bummer. Parts Unknown - a gritty little bike shop at the back of a laneway in Kensington market will be closing at the end of July 2010. Why? To make way for a condo development. Kensington just lost some of its cool. More details at iBikeTO

Bummer. Parts Unknown - a gritty little bike shop at the back of a laneway in Kensington market will be closing at the end of July 2010. Why? To make way for a condo development. Kensington just lost some of its cool.

More details at iBikeTO

March 2

Update 121

Nice to see a few new bike stores on the scene as the spring gets closer.

Added: Dan’s Mountain Bike Repair - 1501 Woodbine Ave.

Added: Red Arrow Bikes - 19 Kensington Ave.

Added: Riders - 80 Geary Ave.

All have been added to BikeFixFinder and are available through BikeFixTO (iPhone/iPod Touch app).

January 30

Toronto Bicycle Registry Online

Nice. The Toronto Police have an online bicycle registry. Registering won’t make your bike any safer, but if it is stolen and it is recovered, then the police can reunite you with your bike.

https://webapp1.torontopolice.on.ca/BicycleRegistry/Submit

In the past, registering required showing a receipt as proof of ownership. I guess the cops realized that thieves won’t be inclined to register. If two people both claim the same bike, then the cops will know that one of them is a dirty crook.

January 10
The initial BikeFixFinder site was somewhat of a quick hack to present the same data as the BikeFixTO iphone app. I’ve just pushed an update to the website that ads a few more features. Mainly, a list of all locations and each location has a dedicated page. That makes it easier to bookmark your favorite location and makes the whole site a bit more search-engine friendly. The only outstanding item on my TODO list is to parse and display the current hours of operation. Then the next big update will be to fill in some of the details for the locations that aren’t in the downtown core.

The initial BikeFixFinder site was somewhat of a quick hack to present the same data as the BikeFixTO iphone app. I’ve just pushed an update to the website that ads a few more features. Mainly, a list of all locations and each location has a dedicated page. That makes it easier to bookmark your favorite location and makes the whole site a bit more search-engine friendly.

The only outstanding item on my TODO list is to parse and display the current hours of operation. Then the next big update will be to fill in some of the details for the locations that aren’t in the downtown core.

December 29
Quick release wheels normally make your wheels easy to steal. But if you happen to use the bike racks in the Distillery District, they make your whole bike easy to steal. Yes, this is some bad design. Even worse than the OCAD bike rack winner.

Quick release wheels normally make your wheels easy to steal. But if you happen to use the bike racks in the Distillery District, they make your whole bike easy to steal.

Yes, this is some bad design. Even worse than the OCAD bike rack winner.

October 29
A new version (1.1) has been submitted to App Store and is awaiting approval. It uses MapKit which replaces the static maps with dynamic, scrollable/zoomable maps. A huge improvement!

A new version (1.1) has been submitted to App Store and is awaiting approval. It uses MapKit which replaces the static maps with dynamic, scrollable/zoomable maps. A huge improvement!

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Update 117

- Removed: On the Go, 975 Bloor St. West
- Removed: Winning Cycle and Sports, 4271 Sheppard Ave. East
- Edit: coordinates of Sporting Life @ Sherway Gardens
- New location: No Name, 1602 Queen St. West
- Remove: Queen’s Bike Shop, 1537-A Queen St. West

July 10

Minor DB Updates

DB 116:

* fixed coords for Urbane Cyclist, and finally added a photo

* Removed Boomer Cycle in Oakville (thanks anon!)

May 20
And interestingly, every car - if their drivers dislike traffic and want more parking spaces - should have an “I love bikes” bumper sticker. icanread: (via thatkidfromthatplace)
And interestingly, every car - if their drivers dislike traffic and want more parking spaces - should have an “I love bikes” bumper sticker.

icanread:

(via thatkidfromthatplace)