Famous Toronto Cyclists?

posted by Joe on 2/01/2006 | 2 Comments |

I'm not sure if there is such a group of Toronto cyclists who we could call "famous", although people like Martin Koob, Tino, Vic , Steeker (thanks for the link Tanya!) Tanya and Darren are certainly making a name for themselves in the online world. Plus there are all the people who make cycling more accessible in our great city - those on the Toronto Cycling Committee and CBN (the people behind Bikeshare).

Jack Layton and Olivia Chow are avid cyclists, but they're more quasi-Ottawans now, right? Mayor Miller knows his way around a bike (evidenced by those "CityTV... Everywhere!" TV ads...) and he's the guy in the jacket in the above photo... riding a Bikeshare bike! John Lennon was also an avid cyclist, and him and Yoko spent some time here (in Yorkville) in the 70s... I wonder if he went for many rides?

A guy who cycles around the city taking lots of pictures of our precious "T-Dot" is Sam from Daily Dose of Imagery, arguably the most famous/popular "photoblog" (link is to the site of Rannie, another famous Toronto photoblogger... not sure if he bikes or not...) on the dubya-dubya-dubya. UofT's Hart House is hosting a lecture by Sam tonight (at 7:30) where he'll be hosting a slideshow (much better than your Aunt Mildred's photos from Boca Raton) and talking about some of his photos. Should be interesting.

I was tipped off to this by my avid reading of Torontoist.com.

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