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Not a bike rider here but this was FANTASTIC! Makes me want to get out my bike and start riding again! Thanks for such thorough and clear explanations. 🚴‍♀️☮️

Thx for the good Video. Its possible to dye an Natural Brooks saddle in black? What does i need for this Projekt?

Thanks for this review. Yeah, Canadian cities could learn A LOT from many European and Scandinavian cities on a number of things, not the least of which is cycling infrastructure.

Superb video. Thank you so much for a comprehensive explanation.

All fun and games till some jackass uses it as their own car lane

and when it rains heavily?

Great video! Question: would you recommend the carved b17 for road cycling? I can’t seem to find road cyclers using Brooks on the internet.

awesoooooooome!

Gotta love the guys who just neeeed to pull right into the intersection during bumper to bumper traffic so they can block the bike lanes 😂 one day they will realize they arent getting home quicker doing that

Shes a fine bike. Be good to her son, they dont make 'em like that anymore.

Awesome video! Thanks!

Could you put a suspension fork on it?

My headphones have “transparency” so you can still hear the world around you. Makes a bug diffeence

Cool! Not the tandem we were expecting.

Thank you so much you explained it all so clearly

Great thumbnail! The more people experience good urban design, the more they will ask for it. It is not rocket science.

I would LOVE to bring near-side traffic lights to Toronto, and North America in general. I once trained somebody at work that was from Amsterdam and he was going to work in Belgium. When making a left turn from University he would become confused and stop when facing the red light for cross traffic. We get used to tuning out visible traffic lights which aren't "ours", but this puts additional burden on drivers. Aside from the more generous spacing allowed for cyclists, near-side traffic lights remove the ambiguity that NA-style traffic lights create, drivers are only able to see their own traffic light. It also makes it easier to have individual lights per lane of traffic. It requires marginally more lighting structures per intersection but it's an objectively better experience for all road users.

Oh nice. Pathlesspedaled is a great channel. Big shout out to Urbane Cyclist as well. Really nice store and thanks for the great customer experience. I was in there today and bought a Marin Kentfield 2. Everyone seemed happy to be there. Much appreciated. 🙏

Woah. That gear shifter is a deal breaker, sadly. I can see how it could make sense on a trail, but in a hilly city, start and stop in bike lanes, i change my gears constantly.

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Well what you have is better than nothing I would think.

Front rack or front basket. What do you think?

Awesome interview!

Worlds collide! I appreciate the hard hitting interview

The collab we didn't know we needed. I hope cargo mini bikes will be his gateway drug to modernities such as Sturmey-Archer gearboxes.

Ha. Fun times. Great to meet you guys.

Such a great looking bike! Wish it didn't come along with that high of a price tag, esp when you can build something better than it for more than 4,5 maybe even 6 times less.😮‍💨😮‍💨

Re: your questions about the Zicla (plastic) ramps at TTC loading zones: the Bloor West Bikeway extension you are on was done with "quick build" construction aimed at getting bike infra into areas before larger road resurfacing is scheduled. The basic concept for installing more "proper" bike lanes in line with Toronto's complete streets ideals, means they have to wait for a planned road resurfacing to justify putting in more permanent features such as raised/elevated bike lanes. Some of those raised lanes exist on the newly redone parts of Bloor around the Annex and ROM, as well as on College right outside your shop! The loading zone ramps have been redesigned after initial versions using metal ramps sustained a lot of winter plow damage. Other attempts used actual paving for the ramps, but that can cause issues with flooding in the rest of the lane, which becomes ice in winter. Lots of difficult challenges to overcome for the city's cycling team! I personally think the Zicla ramps are a reasonable compromise for now, though I don't love riding over so many of them and I worry about them in winter.

4:52 Cyclists NEVER obey stop signs! Oh wait, that was an SUV. Well, they probably has something IMPORTANT to do.

Glad to see that you had fun riding those trikes.

16:41 YES! It's scary when you are crossing, especially with kids, and cars don't do a full stop. Due to the glare on the windshield it's often impossible to make eye contact and determine whether they have actually seen you or they are just distracted on their phone. By law drivers can't enter an intersection when there are pedestrians crossing it, but VERY few drivers do that. If they are rolling, their foot is not on the brake pedal and they could run over you so easily.

Great video! Regarding the discussion about accessibility and car-centrism/bike infrastructure: It's also worth noting that A LOT of disabled people either can't drive due to their disabilities (eg. blind/visually impaired people) or don't drive because they can't afford to (because driving is expensive and disabled people generally have lower incomes than non-disabled people). Car-dependency greatly limits the mobility and independence of disabled people who either can't or don't drive. Disabled people are also disproportionately likely to be killed or seriously injured in pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions. Creating walkable and cyclable streets that prioritize the mobility and safety of vulnerable road users is absolutely an accessibility issue. And as someone who is passionate about accessibility advocacy, it really annoys me when people who clearly don't actually care about accessibility bring it up to defend a status quo that harms so many disabled people.

32:12 lots of places make that 'dead space' a seating area or little part or rain garden

I think they seem temporary because the city is trying to get as much bike infrastructure built as quickly and cheaply as possible. And upgrading in the future like they are currently doing on bloor

Editing this multi-camera 360° footage has to be a ton of work. Thanks, Owen! (Edit: the constant bell rings are so amusing)

You were still in Toronto lol! Just Etobicoke, the borderlands 😂😂

You guys didn't even get to Kipling station and turned around because you thought it was Mississauga 😂 For context the 26 Mississauga Bus has a drop off at Islington station which is why you saw it. The lane itself continues to Kipling! Fun video.

I deleted my previous comment as the tone was a little aggressive, and I do think more advocacy for better bike infrastructure is always great! I apologize for any offense from the previous comment.

Tried watching but all the zooms and fast forwarding made me nauseous 😅

The new bike lanes on College West are what the standards should be for all new lanes. Wide, raised lanes that make it easy to pass.

29:28 Famously the city was slow enough to switch from public rail to car-centrism that the trend circled back and came back to rail again 😂

19:53 The High Park plan is still to make it car free. Part of that will be a TTC bus into the park from High Park station. I had one of the park delivery drivers ask me about my cargo bike. Are there any bike logistics companies starting up in the city? That'll be a crucial piece for making the park car free.

15:34 I know these twists so well. Old traffic-calming curbs conflicting with new bike protected lanes. I mostly trust that it isn't the final plan.🤞🫣

13:58 That's the Humber river valley folks! Lots of fun on the way down 🎉

9:14 About halfway through Etobicoke here, but it feels so much more like Mississauga than Toronto.

4:10 Bloor West Village, so many ramps! The way back through this area is going to be fun to watch, but not so fun to ride 😅

2:01 It's eye opening to look at all the bollards that protect municipal and utility assets along streets, like padmount transformers, communication boxes, and gas lines. So many are knocked askew from collisions. The legacy of incompetent driving laid bare smh

GABE: 🗿 GABE IN EUROPE: 🇩🇪🚴🏟️🧙🏻

Will either of these fit on a bus bike rack?

Great in-depth video! Really appreciate the model-specific info and technical breakdowns. One question I had that might take some niche knowledge: How come the White back-roller classic (SKU: F5300) don't say "Classic" on Ortlieb's website like the rest of the lineup? Is there a material or size difference specific to the White classic back-rollers? On Ortlieb's website, the white rollers claim to be .6'' larger in upper width measurement than the rest, but only in inches, the difference is not reflected in their metric measurement. They're also harder to find at third party retailers. Are they being discontinued? At any rate, I ordered a pair from Ortlieb directly and am interested to compare side-by-side with a different color if I see another rider with this pannier. :D