Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026streets have always been for cars ??? immersif.lescoops.ca/les-grenouil...immersif.lescoops.caLes grenouilles et les «épouvantails à voitures» du centre-ville 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Calling all nederland experts! A friend is going to NL and will bring back hagelslag for me. Which ones/brands? My hagelslag en boterham for brakfast cultural shock was 3 decades ago at the youth hostel🤪 110
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Local promoter is planning a parkingless 80 apartment building rigth downtown, on main tranasit lines and most needs accessible with 15 mn walk, including many carshare station and the bus terminal Car brain forum: impossible to live ! hell ! whatabout (add the usuals) Carbrain is a hard drug. 051
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Local critical mass was so fun ssp. the social part of it. Some students were out with their back to college roadside find / marketplace find old school 10 speeds and town bikes they fixed, upgraded as to use as daily rides. DIY spirit at its best. 031
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Why pay for/rent a contractor yard when you can use "free" on-street parking for your home based business Trailer extends into the lane There is a mostly empty private lot a street corner Carshare cars must pay a parking licence with town 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026@tomflood.bsky.social some reading www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...theguardian.com‘People think fame is a magic wand’: Jarvis Cocker on old songs, young fans and his granny’s verdict on PulpBefore the release of a joyful film on the history of the Sheffield band, frontman Cocker and director Garth Jennings talk dark times, taking inspiration from Abba – and why there could yet be another... 121
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Dang ! I work tomorrow thus did not join social golf event tomorrow. Missing perfect golf weather ? NO ! PERFECT CYCLING WEATHER. Dang ! 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026@fatherhilarious.blog Church in the Forest Beautiful! www.cbc.ca/player/play/...cbc.caOttawa parishioners bring church to the woodsAnglican priest Monique Stone has been hosting a biweekly church service in different Ottawa forests since May. CBC's Giacamo Panico joined a group of parishioners and thousands of mosquitoes during a... 111
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Comment following a post about a car driver who hit volontarily a person on a bike sort of people on our street 001
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026CAFO ou mega dairy style, I get. where doe fit more traditionnal Vermont-style dairy ? Grass-fed/Salatin style livestock ? (also even in these styles, smaller portion / less weekly frequency) 100
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In local news : car driver hits person on bike after being told not to be in the bike . driver was likely using bike lane as right turn lane (my understanding of where it happened) Commentors: apparently the biker .... www.latribune.ca/actualites/j...latribune.caUne cycliste aurait été heurtée volontairement par une automobilisteUne cycliste de Sherbrooke raconte avoir été volontairement bousculée par une automobiliste, mercredi soir, sur la rue Belvédère Sud à Sherbrooke. 010
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026My new cheeky bike commute routine is riding like I am going to run the stop, then come to a full stop at intersection, like a good law abiding citizen should. So the car driver who was going to roll the stop now has to stop for he fears I was going though (like "all cyclists do" in his mind)static.klipy.comPrimus Poker: Winking StatueALT: Primus Poker: Winking Statue 020
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026@lauragmitchell.com Maybe a future MPLS bike library project😱 ? A local microbrewery has 3 of these beauties - one parked at the Depot location at lunch time - but no taps opened 🙃 They can serve from 4 kegs 😀 Asked if they were to be at Fete du velo. maybe not. already a full booked schedule ! 110
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026@fatherhilarious.blog a bit of read www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCountry diary: It’s hard being a vicar in a long, hot summer | Simon LockettMadley, Herefordshire: The cool of our churches has been welcome to many, but my polyester robes are not made for the heat 110
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIt’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco KhanThey rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026@americanfietser.bsky.social @lauragmitchell.com As égéries of the cargo bikes, would you have some blusky accounts, blogs, etc to recommend about cargo trailer,ssp. DYI mods ? I picked a nice vintage Croozer trailer, but it seems quite a bit of steel framing. Thinking about making it .... 🧵 131
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Someone made a camper unit out of a bike like this ( e assist version) Would I live on the /near the Monteregie/Montreal bike network, it would be a no brainer ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qChB... 110
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Say Hi to new bike path 🙄 veloptimum.net/velonouvelle...veloptimum.net Décision exécrable de la part de la Ville de Delson, la prolifération de barrrières sur les pistes cyclables 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Anyone in Montreal to Qc city corridor has a low milleage Vektron P5i missing ? came across a too good ad for one.... 001
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I love avid cyclists For context, King St is the commercial street (also stroady, but that is a story for another time) 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Major, months long, road work on a main east-west blvd in town. town advisory ? "this summer&fall, plan accordingly, leave earlier, takes these detours..." Yet, no words about this: there is an E-W river path 2 blocks to the south and bike lanes one block north. 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Deploying counter measures to survive roadwork and impatient drivers on tje bike commute Not @sundance.bikesky.social 's LaneSaber TM Behold : the Bayonette (It has a bayonette mount🫠 plus I get to say "Fix bayonettes!" Before heading into traffic) 3293
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026After car-uncles, we have Carens (portemanteau car-karens) in town 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Local car uncles count is above 2000 comments on the (in)famius question of bike registration. Let's say it's the heat wave 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I have a short list of bike infras horrors in town, but this is another level Somehow, there is a sharrow AND a bike lane here, linking east ward main corridor (behind cyclist) to the valley corridor. Also, incoming lane is also stopped 20 m short from intersection ! 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Ride as close as possible to the curb The curb: (pick up just parked for the week end, not un loading or else) 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Anybody up for a e conversion and a project ? It screams ice cream bike on bike paths or grocery delivery hauler for some of the older wards in town. I don"t have a garage so I am on #teamfoldie anyway🫠 110
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Today - Fete National holiday: car uncles will drive 15 mn to get to the few grocery stores opened on jours fériés, usually located in older areas of town that are basically like the "15 mn city" car uncles so fear. Those smaller stores survive yr round because of their "15 mn city" environment. 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026If it fits it sits. The car brained person casually asked"will you be ok?" Then locks and walks away as if nobody else would need to lock a bike. 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026local Car-uncles and aunts: kids playing in the street (presumably sfh residential) ? drivers already have to share with cyclists and pedestrians !! 010
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Probably the same car-uncle complaining about bollards protecting bike lanes making streets too narrows, as if bloated pickups are a charter right. 020
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Funny how a neighbourhood will complain about bike infras but will tolerate "free" street parking by employees avoiding off-street tolled parking or contractors storing a 2-3 pickups and trailers on street when running a business in rez area. Bylaws allow ONE vehicule, no trailer 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Roadwork season. Advice is to "use a gps" No word of transit, or cycling as alternatives, right in the middle of the summer. If rec paths are an indicator. plenty of e bikes could be on weekday duty not just to wander on weekends ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/226...ici.radio-canada.caUn tronçon du boulevard de Portland fermé jusqu’à l’automneLe tronçon entre la rue Farwell et le boulevard Jacques-Cartier Nord est touché. 001
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026These exemples always make me wonder if I really need to save then splurge on the muli w/the foldable bak or should I make a mongrel from a decathlon ebike (2200$cad for the base bike) , with a burley trailer as needed for bulky costco raids. No IGH though. 140
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Does it make you want start a bike path ice cream cart ? 020
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Ripping the dirt trails, no SUV required, '79 style ici.radio-canada.ca/en-bref/1-10...ici.radio-canada.caLa liberté sur deux roues des années 1970Entre les fiers conducteurs de vélos à siège banane et les pionniers du BMX, les cascades dans des parcours improvisés n'avaient pas de limites en 1979. Une époque pas si lointaine où l'aventure se tr... 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026@lauragmitchell.com in the nytimes, one of the 2 photos about Minneapolis features....a long tail cargo 020
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026@americanfietser.bsky.social talking trains... do not look up 1920s-1950s timetables, ssp. if your town was a major railnode. Mine was a 3 lines nodes... I perused schedules this morning. *sigh* 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 06/06/2026@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social Welcome to the Pain au chocolat or Chocolatine debate :-) It is of course chocolatine that is the right word, as every person living ou lived in SW France knows 😁 #teamchocolatine 210
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Limit ebike speed www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...lapresse.caLaval | Un fuyard de 18 ans percute une école primaireUn conducteur de 18 ans a subi des blessures graves après avoir fui les policiers jeudi matin et percuté l’immeuble de l’école primaire Charles-Perrault, boulevard de la Concorde est à Laval. 020
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Cars before kids walking to school & who have to cross a 4 lanes blvd ? Only left turns (across 2 lanes - and a future bike lane- , mind you) are removed. About 50 SFH affected, not 50 multiplexes www.sherbrooke.info/actualites/d...sherbrooke.infoDes citoyens s'inquiètent du nouvel aménagement - Le SherbrookeDes inquiétudes ont été soulevées par des citoyens concernant la configuration des travaux à l'intersection de la rue Wood et du boulevard de Portland, dans la foulée des travaux majeurs qui inclueron... 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Local car-uncles. Moderator takes time to repost on their FB group a post from local bike mobility group about SUV parked in bike lanes ( paint ol lanes) 1st car-uncle comment is " town should remind cyclists to do stops" 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026May 21st and flexpost bollards are still not up on BIDIRECTIONAL bikelanes in downtown and around the Cegep... One of them did get some freshly painted linesstatic.klipy.comDoctor Who: Rainy SceneALT: Doctor Who: Rainy Scene 000
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Car uncles. Your daily reminder to mobilize for safer streets and building your lane saber 010
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026"bikelanes are bad !!!" or are they ? Local paper, usually car leaning, reports business is good along bike corridor. It also seemed to have brought a rise in pedestrians "A slow travelling wallet has more chances to spend" www.journaldequebec.com/2026/04/30/c... FIY, @urbantruth.bsky.social 0174
Martin @martinavelo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026looking for a cargo bike ? a couple GSD on Market place Montreal/Gatineau, and a vektron. Also an e iron horse is listed 051
