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  1. Q for the #cycling #BikeTooter folks: What’s the best kind of paint for a bike?

    Background: I have a 30 year old Raleigh Portage that has developed a few spots of rust that I’d like to take care of before they get serious. I figure this as good an opportunity as any to spruce the bike up (thinking orange and purple stripes). Bike shop will strip it down to the frame for me, so I’d just have to paint the bike and luggage racks.

    Any advice from people who have painted their bikes?
    #ottbike #bike

  2. Q for the #cycling #BikeTooter folks: What’s the best kind of paint for a bike?

    Background: I have a 30 year old Raleigh Portage that has developed a few spots of rust that I’d like to take care of before they get serious. I figure this as good an opportunity as any to spruce the bike up (thinking orange and purple stripes). Bike shop will strip it down to the frame for me, so I’d just have to paint the bike and luggage racks.

    Any advice from people who have painted their bikes?
    #ottbike #bike

  3. Q for the #cycling #BikeTooter folks: What’s the best kind of paint for a bike?

    Background: I have a 30 year old Raleigh Portage that has developed a few spots of rust that I’d like to take care of before they get serious. I figure this as good an opportunity as any to spruce the bike up (thinking orange and purple stripes). Bike shop will strip it down to the frame for me, so I’d just have to paint the bike and luggage racks.

    Any advice from people who have painted their bikes?
    #ottbike #bike

  4. Q for the #cycling #BikeTooter folks: What’s the best kind of paint for a bike?

    Background: I have a 30 year old Raleigh Portage that has developed a few spots of rust that I’d like to take care of before they get serious. I figure this as good an opportunity as any to spruce the bike up (thinking orange and purple stripes). Bike shop will strip it down to the frame for me, so I’d just have to paint the bike and luggage racks.

    Any advice from people who have painted their bikes?
    #ottbike #bike

  5. Q for the #cycling #BikeTooter folks: What’s the best kind of paint for a bike?

    Background: I have a 30 year old Raleigh Portage that has developed a few spots of rust that I’d like to take care of before they get serious. I figure this as good an opportunity as any to spruce the bike up (thinking orange and purple stripes). Bike shop will strip it down to the frame for me, so I’d just have to paint the bike and luggage racks.

    Any advice from people who have painted their bikes?
    #ottbike #bike

  6. It’s now later this week. And, as promised on the weekend, version 3.0 of our free Cycling Guide mobile app is available in the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android. We're excited, and we hope that some of you are too!

    #BikeTooter #OttBike #WaterlooRgion #Sarnia #Halifax #Saskatoon

    cyclingguide.org/2026/05/annou

  7. It’s now later this week. And, as promised on the weekend, version 3.0 of our free Cycling Guide mobile app is available in the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android. We're excited, and we hope that some of you are too!

    #BikeTooter #OttBike #WaterlooRgion #Sarnia #Halifax #Saskatoon

    cyclingguide.org/2026/05/annou

  8. It’s now later this week. And, as promised on the weekend, version 3.0 of our free Cycling Guide mobile app is available in the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android. We're excited, and we hope that some of you are too!

    #BikeTooter #OttBike #WaterlooRgion #Sarnia #Halifax #Saskatoon

    cyclingguide.org/2026/05/annou

  9. It’s now later this week. And, as promised on the weekend, version 3.0 of our free Cycling Guide mobile app is available in the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android. We're excited, and we hope that some of you are too!

    #BikeTooter #OttBike #WaterlooRgion #Sarnia #Halifax #Saskatoon

    cyclingguide.org/2026/05/annou

  10. It’s now later this week. And, as promised on the weekend, version 3.0 of our free Cycling Guide mobile app is available in the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android. We're excited, and we hope that some of you are too!

    #BikeTooter #OttBike #WaterlooRgion #Sarnia #Halifax #Saskatoon

    cyclingguide.org/2026/05/annou

  11. What is everyone's most hated #OttBike intersection? I'm kind of blown away how bad Preston/PoW is. Once the construction is complete, perhaps it will be safer, but will the new layout stop drivers parking up in the crosswalk PoW?

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:exgei6igbhea3bnnd527ides/post/3mkvgmtcdnk2a

  12. What is everyone's most hated #OttBike intersection? I'm kind of blown away how bad Preston/PoW is. Once the construction is complete, perhaps it will be safer, but will the new layout stop drivers parking up in the crosswalk PoW?

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:exgei6igbhea3bnnd527ides/post/3mkvgmtcdnk2a

  13. What is everyone's most hated #OttBike intersection? I'm kind of blown away how bad Preston/PoW is. Once the construction is complete, perhaps it will be safer, but will the new layout stop drivers parking up in the crosswalk PoW?

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:exgei6igbhea3bnnd527ides/post/3mkvgmtcdnk2a

  14. What is everyone's most hated #OttBike intersection? I'm kind of blown away how bad Preston/PoW is. Once the construction is complete, perhaps it will be safer, but will the new layout stop drivers parking up in the crosswalk PoW?

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:exgei6igbhea3bnnd527ides/post/3mkvgmtcdnk2a

  15. What is everyone's most hated #OttBike intersection? I'm kind of blown away how bad Preston/PoW is. Once the construction is complete, perhaps it will be safer, but will the new layout stop drivers parking up in the crosswalk PoW?

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:exgei6igbhea3bnnd527ides/post/3mkvgmtcdnk2a

  16. Bike paths aren't as busy as I'd thought today, but we're pleased by this chunk of the Nepean Trail bike path that we didn't know about. Back access to a bunch of Merivale businesses.

    There's a hidden Latina coffee/pastry shop in this building on Colonnade. No signage beyond a little sandwich board, but right on the bike path. Can imagine future visits.

    #ottBike

  17. Bike paths aren't as busy as I'd thought today, but we're pleased by this chunk of the Nepean Trail bike path that we didn't know about. Back access to a bunch of Merivale businesses.

    There's a hidden Latina coffee/pastry shop in this building on Colonnade. No signage beyond a little sandwich board, but right on the bike path. Can imagine future visits.

    #ottBike

  18. Bike paths aren't as busy as I'd thought today, but we're pleased by this chunk of the Nepean Trail bike path that we didn't know about. Back access to a bunch of Merivale businesses.

    There's a hidden Latina coffee/pastry shop in this building on Colonnade. No signage beyond a little sandwich board, but right on the bike path. Can imagine future visits.

    #ottBike

  19. Bike paths aren't as busy as I'd thought today, but we're pleased by this chunk of the Nepean Trail bike path that we didn't know about. Back access to a bunch of Merivale businesses.

    There's a hidden Latina coffee/pastry shop in this building on Colonnade. No signage beyond a little sandwich board, but right on the bike path. Can imagine future visits.

    #ottBike

  20. Bike paths aren't as busy as I'd thought today, but we're pleased by this chunk of the Nepean Trail bike path that we didn't know about. Back access to a bunch of Merivale businesses.

    There's a hidden Latina coffee/pastry shop in this building on Colonnade. No signage beyond a little sandwich board, but right on the bike path. Can imagine future visits.

    #ottBike

  21. I think the bike paths are going to be busy today, but we're getting out there too. Need to investigate this Nepean Trail that snakes along east of Merivale. Hadn't noticed the northern part of it before.

    #ottBike

  22. I think the bike paths are going to be busy today, but we're getting out there too. Need to investigate this Nepean Trail that snakes along east of Merivale. Hadn't noticed the northern part of it before.

    #ottBike

  23. I think the bike paths are going to be busy today, but we're getting out there too. Need to investigate this Nepean Trail that snakes along east of Merivale. Hadn't noticed the northern part of it before.

    #ottBike

  24. I think the bike paths are going to be busy today, but we're getting out there too. Need to investigate this Nepean Trail that snakes along east of Merivale. Hadn't noticed the northern part of it before.

    #ottBike

  25. I think the bike paths are going to be busy today, but we're getting out there too. Need to investigate this Nepean Trail that snakes along east of Merivale. Hadn't noticed the northern part of it before.

    #ottBike

  26. Interesting. This unattributed article (correctly imo) frames the NCC Weekend Bike Days as "opening" the parkways to active transportation rather than "closing" it to cars. #OttBike

    @OttawaCititzen flipboard.com/@ottawacititzen/

  27. Interesting. This unattributed article (correctly imo) frames the NCC Weekend Bike Days as "opening" the parkways to active transportation rather than "closing" it to cars. #OttBike

    @OttawaCititzen flipboard.com/@ottawacititzen/

  28. Interesting. This unattributed article (correctly imo) frames the NCC Weekend Bike Days as "opening" the parkways to active transportation rather than "closing" it to cars. #OttBike

    @OttawaCititzen flipboard.com/@ottawacititzen/

  29. Interesting. This unattributed article (correctly imo) frames the NCC Weekend Bike Days as "opening" the parkways to active transportation rather than "closing" it to cars. #OttBike

    @OttawaCititzen flipboard.com/@ottawacititzen/

  30. Interesting. This unattributed article (correctly imo) frames the NCC Weekend Bike Days as "opening" the parkways to active transportation rather than "closing" it to cars. #OttBike

    @OttawaCititzen flipboard.com/@ottawacititzen/

  31. Save the date, #Ottawa: Saturday May 30, we're having a #Fediverse meetup, starting around 13:00 at Vincent Massey Park (openstreetmap.org/?#map=19/45.), picnic area Q.

    It is <1km walk from the Carleton University O-Train station, has parking, and is accessible by recreational paths too.

    Come meet some local folks from the community here, bring your own snacks, plan to pack your trash back out. Out-of-towners welcome!

    Additional details will appear in this thread.

    #OttawaMeetup #OttBike #OttCity

  32. Save the date, #Ottawa: Saturday May 30, we're having a #Fediverse meetup, starting around 13:00 at Vincent Massey Park (openstreetmap.org/?#map=19/45.), picnic area Q.

    It is <1km walk from the Carleton University O-Train station, has parking, and is accessible by recreational paths too.

    Come meet some local folks from the community here, bring your own snacks, plan to pack your trash back out. Out-of-towners welcome!

    Additional details will appear in this thread.

    #OttawaMeetup #OttBike #OttCity

  33. Save the date, #Ottawa: Saturday May 30, we're having a #Fediverse meetup, starting around 13:00 at Vincent Massey Park (openstreetmap.org/?#map=19/45.), picnic area Q.

    It is <1km walk from the Carleton University O-Train station, has parking, and is accessible by recreational paths too.

    Come meet some local folks from the community here, bring your own snacks, plan to pack your trash back out. Out-of-towners welcome!

    Additional details will appear in this thread.

    #OttawaMeetup #OttBike #OttCity

  34. Save the date, #Ottawa: Saturday May 30, we're having a #Fediverse meetup, starting around 13:00 at Vincent Massey Park (openstreetmap.org/?#map=19/45.), picnic area Q.

    It is <1km walk from the Carleton University O-Train station, has parking, and is accessible by recreational paths too.

    Come meet some local folks from the community here, bring your own snacks, plan to pack your trash back out. Out-of-towners welcome!

    Additional details will appear in this thread.

    #OttawaMeetup #OttBike #OttCity

  35. Save the date, #Ottawa: Saturday May 30, we're having a #Fediverse meetup, starting around 13:00 at Vincent Massey Park (openstreetmap.org/?#map=19/45.), picnic area Q.

    It is <1km walk from the Carleton University O-Train station, has parking, and is accessible by recreational paths too.

    Come meet some local folks from the community here, bring your own snacks, plan to pack your trash back out. Out-of-towners welcome!

    Additional details will appear in this thread.

    #OttawaMeetup #OttBike #OttCity

  36. Alberta is taking a page from Doug Ford's Ontario by planning to introduce legislation to stop new bike lanes and rip out existing ones. I encourage #YYCbike & #YEGbike folks to fight this boneheaded move tooth and nail while we #BikeTO & #ottbike folks continue to resist at our end. #ONpoli #ABpoli

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xpgujbkkrjevueb53vpgnetz/post/3mldtabj54k2j

  37. Alberta is taking a page from Doug Ford's Ontario by planning to introduce legislation to stop new bike lanes and rip out existing ones. I encourage #YYCbike & #YEGbike folks to fight this boneheaded move tooth and nail while we #BikeTO & #ottbike folks continue to resist at our end. #ONpoli #ABpoli

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xpgujbkkrjevueb53vpgnetz/post/3mldtabj54k2j

  38. Alberta is taking a page from Doug Ford's Ontario by planning to introduce legislation to stop new bike lanes and rip out existing ones. I encourage #YYCbike & #YEGbike folks to fight this boneheaded move tooth and nail while we #BikeTO & #ottbike folks continue to resist at our end. #ONpoli #ABpoli

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xpgujbkkrjevueb53vpgnetz/post/3mldtabj54k2j

  39. Alberta is taking a page from Doug Ford's Ontario by planning to introduce legislation to stop new bike lanes and rip out existing ones. I encourage #YYCbike & #YEGbike folks to fight this boneheaded move tooth and nail while we #BikeTO & #ottbike folks continue to resist at our end. #ONpoli #ABpoli

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xpgujbkkrjevueb53vpgnetz/post/3mldtabj54k2j

  40. Alberta is taking a page from Doug Ford's Ontario by planning to introduce legislation to stop new bike lanes and rip out existing ones. I encourage #YYCbike & #YEGbike folks to fight this boneheaded move tooth and nail while we #BikeTO & #ottbike folks continue to resist at our end. #ONpoli #ABpoli

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xpgujbkkrjevueb53vpgnetz/post/3mldtabj54k2j

  41. Hey #ottbike, is there a good shop in Nepean area for bike cleanup?

    I would like a good clean and lube of my chain and sprockets mostly, and don't really need another project to do myself.

    Sawdust and grease prob aren't a good combo from working in the garage over the winter.

    #Ottawa #bikeOttawa

  42. Hey #ottbike, is there a good shop in Nepean area for bike cleanup?

    I would like a good clean and lube of my chain and sprockets mostly, and don't really need another project to do myself.

    Sawdust and grease prob aren't a good combo from working in the garage over the winter.

    #Ottawa #bikeOttawa

  43. Hey #ottbike, is there a good shop in Nepean area for bike cleanup?

    I would like a good clean and lube of my chain and sprockets mostly, and don't really need another project to do myself.

    Sawdust and grease prob aren't a good combo from working in the garage over the winter.

    #Ottawa #bikeOttawa

  44. Hey #ottbike, is there a good shop in Nepean area for bike cleanup?

    I would like a good clean and lube of my chain and sprockets mostly, and don't really need another project to do myself.

    Sawdust and grease prob aren't a good combo from working in the garage over the winter.

    #Ottawa #bikeOttawa

  45. Hey #ottbike, is there a good shop in Nepean area for bike cleanup?

    I would like a good clean and lube of my chain and sprockets mostly, and don't really need another project to do myself.

    Sawdust and grease prob aren't a good combo from working in the garage over the winter.

    #Ottawa #bikeOttawa

  46. Didn’t even know this was a thing. Anyone try this yet #ottbike? We don’t normally travel with our charger, but this is a cool idea.

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyhnflzpiytm3ydacqbdqnqt/post/3mkxlqyk47s2j

  47. I cycle through this intersection about 4 times a week, but the last few weeks it has been blocked almost every time, so I put together my clips to show how silly it is. Apologies for the quality. #OttBike #BikeSky

  48. I cycle through this intersection about 4 times a week, but the last few weeks it has been blocked almost every time, so I put together my clips to show how silly it is. Apologies for the quality. #OttBike #BikeSky

  49. I cycle through this intersection about 4 times a week, but the last few weeks it has been blocked almost every time, so I put together my clips to show how silly it is. Apologies for the quality. #OttBike #BikeSky

  50. I cycle through this intersection about 4 times a week, but the last few weeks it has been blocked almost every time, so I put together my clips to show how silly it is. Apologies for the quality. #OttBike #BikeSky