Ooh, I always forget we can do that open top thingy with the panniers! #IBikeIBuy

#IBikeIBuy
Grocery stores: clear your bike racks. If you don't have bike racks, fucking well install some.
I have money to spend. If you don't want it, I'll happily find somewhere else that does.
#FarmBoy #Loblaws #Superstore #Metro

McCrank's is a woman owned and run bike and ski shop, my go-to for great service, esp on Sundays. MEC is my backup for Mondays and issues during workdays.
Today my 2 month old tire was deemed a warranty issue and replaced free of charge. And I spent ~$100 at local shops while I waited.
#IBikeIBuy

A store front, painted white with a sign that says Flamingo Boutique. The building is 2 stories, and brick.

This store (Flamingo/Motif) across from the LCBO has the most delightful assortment of trinkets and giftable type items. I spent far more than I expected, no ragrets.
#IBIkeIBuy

A partly cloudy sky over a snow lined road, with a large church on one side, and an apartment building on the other.

Folks, Trillium and Scott St MUP are clear! The South side of Scott was getting a tandem plow treatment when I passed thru. The birds are chirping, the sun was shining, and I shopped my butt off in Hintonburg.
#IBikeIBuy
#ottbike

Me holding a two scoop ice cream cone, with Moo Shu's A frame sign outside their new location on Welly W. The flavours are local strawberry and calico chocolate, cuz I know you wanna know.

Snowflakes in the indentation of my bike seat.

#IBikeIBuy
Stocked up on beer before the tax break ends, got ice cream at Moo Shu, picked up coffee, and take-out.
Spent ~$140 and didn't need a trunk or a backseat to do it. Traveled less than 5kms round trip. Only had to park in a snow bank once. #Winning
#FrostBike

Bike sits beside bike rack, snow has not been cleared from the rack. Photo taken at night, condo building in the background.

Farm Boy building has stopped clearing their bike rack again. At least they don't remove it for winter now.
#IBikeIBuy even in winter.

Aw geez, I need to pick up stuff like beer, and cereal, and lots of snax, and like 5lbs of apples, and a birthday prezzie, and I need to drop off a package to a post office, and it's cold out, and I don't even own a car!

Oh wait, I just did all that by bike, nevermind! 😁🚲❄️✨️
#IBikeIBuy #FrostBike

Screenshot of transit app to Merivale Rd. transit trips would take an hour (if reliable), biking 49 minutes.

Screenshot of transit app to the Maloney location. Also 48 minutes by bike and not great by transit.

I wanted to go to Costco today and looked up car-free options: 2 locations with not great transit options but by bike, both were 90% on bike lanes. So we biked! And it was great until the parking lot (and the lack of bike parking). #IBikeIBuy #CostcoByBike

A row of post bike racks with bikes parked at them. My Urban Arrow and kids bike are parked far in the distance.

I had to go 5 bike racks away to get a fully free spot (for my cargo and my kid's bike) at my local grocer today. #OttBike #IBikeIBuy

Two bicycles parked at a bike rack at a grocery store. One is a red cargo bike with panniers, the other is a pink child's bike with a push handle on the back and tinsel streamers on the handle bars. The bike rack is on a concrete sidewalk.

Three bicycles parked outside a different grocery store. One is a blue accoustic bike, the others are a red cargo bike with panniers and a pink child's bike with a push handle on the back and tinsel streamers on the handle bars. The red and pink bikes are the same ones that were parked at a different store in the accompanying photo.

The #IBikeIBuy junior edition #BikeHFX #BikeJoy

A screenshot of a road damage calculator comparing a longtail cargo bike and an SUV. The text reads "it would taje a longtail cargo bike 1,130 years of doing the same journey every day to damage the road as much as one journey in a large SUV"

A Tern cargo bike in a parking space next to a grey/brown SUV outside a strip mall. The size difference is stark between the two modes of transport. There are buildings in the bankground and a cloudy blue sky.

Clearly the weight difference is obvious between a bike and an SUV, which is what causes the damage to the roads by the latter, but they can both carry the same amount of groceries for the most part! #TernUtilityVehicle #Quaxing #IBikeIBuy

A bicycle rack in front of a grocery storefront. There are four bicycles parked in it, with a person bending down to secure a bike to the rack. The rack and the sidewalk it stands on is surrounded by bags of garden soil. One of the bikes has a brown trailer attached.

The already crappy #BikeRack on the sidewalk of the Windsor Street Sobeys is currently buried behind bags of soil. Despite the hostile conditions, the rack was full. #IBikeIBuy in full display. #BikeHFX #ZeroVisionHFX #HaliSky