Johnny Au
Senior Member
Oakwood and Holland Park, Oakwood and Vaughan, and Vaughan and Alameda now have stations.
Still none for the western section of the Beltline.
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Toronto Bike Share
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Still none for the western section of the Beltline.
Admiral Beez
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Anyone else let their membership lapse during Covid? I did, just don't need a rental bike since no trips. I ride my own bicycle all the time for exercise.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Don't forget about good bicycles being under $150 at Canadian Tire and other bike stores.
Undead
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I don't know about that. Canadian Tire bikes are a horror show. They barely last one season of moderate use.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
I meant for recreational use.
Undead
Senior Member
Yes that's what I meant. My CT bikes usually failed after one summer's worth of recreational riding.
Admiral Beez
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No, for recreational use I wanted the highest quality, lightest and most comfortable bikes I can afford. I bought a Breezer Downtown 8 with internal hub gearing, leather grips and seat. https://www.the-house.com/qbzdt848rdc16zz-breezer-bikes.html
See my bike here https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-islands.30043/#post-1452415
After a lifetime on cheapo mountain bikes I love this bike. I think I paid about $1,200, or about four times the cost of a Canadian Tire bike, We bought a rear carrier for the SUV so that we can do cycling trips in Niagara or closer areas.
If you can swing it financially, life is to short to settle for a cheapo, heavy, POS bicycle.
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You are far better to spend $150 on a somewhat decent used bike than to buy a new one at that price from CT or Walmart or Costco or anywhere!
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innsertnamehere
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Bikeshare's greatest benefit is flexibility in single direction trips. I love it for that reason - you can travel somewhere, and not use the same mode back if need be. I own a bike and use bikeshare regularly, if not even more often than my own bike, because of that. Daily commuting trips are just easier on bike share as you can adjust your travel mode as required (raining? Take the TTC back, etc.)
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Absolutely! I have my own bike which I use for 'pleasure rides"; I also use BikeShare to make one way trips - a good walk outbound and a good (faster) bike trip home or vice versa.
Admiral Beez
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Oh yes, that's exactly how I used it. I used to work near the Port Credit GO station so would grab the bikeshare and ride to/from Union each day. But with Covid and likely a near permanent move to WFH I just don't have any one way trips to cycle. We use the car for grocery runs (Loblaws, Costco), walk to the local Shoppers Drug Mart or bakery. We're pretty much not going anyplace else.
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TRONto
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During normal times, I was using bikeshare daily and used my own bike only a handful of times per year.
kotsy
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That's pretty much what I'm doing. I only use my own bike if I need to use it for a specific reason. Bike share is way more flexible and I don't have to worry about it getting stolen.
afransen
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Seeing as it is owned by the city, it would be great if they integrated it with TTC fares. Something like free bikeshare membership with monthly pass or free transfers to/from bikeshare with a TTC fare paid. Integrate with presto. I imagine it is cheaper for the city if people right a bikeshare bike to a station than take the bus.
Johnny Au
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Each subway station (excluding Highway 407 and VMC as they are outside city limits) should also have its own BikeShare station.