Here's a reminder for everyone who can get down to City Hall around lunch time for the Coldest Day of the Year Ride:

Cyclists will be meeting at City Hall at 12pm and riding together over to Metro Hall for a small winter festival fair complete with FREE Hot Chocolate and goodies from Toronto's own ChocoSol Traders.

Check out the City's BikeWinter Page for more info on this and other Bike Winter events.

The Star is even promoting the ride with an article today titled "Winter can be fine time to break out your bike" and focuses on the City's efforts to get more Torontonians using their bicycles for short trips around the city, including during the winter months:

"We want people to consider utilitarian cycling trips all year round," says Toronto's bicycle promotions manager Sean Wheldrake, one of the organizers of today's ride.

He's biked to work every day for the past two years, but concedes that's not for everyone and that the weather and abilities of the cyclist have to be taken into account.

Plowed bike lanes and secure storage at transit stations are vital to persuading people to take their bikes to work in the winter, said Councillor Adrian Heaps, chair of the Toronto Cycling Committee.

"It's all part of our target of bike lanes this year and making sure transportation looks at bike lanes as public thoroughfares, just like roads," Heaps said.

More at the Star.

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