Even though Lisa has given over 300 bicycles to rural students to get to school, she doesn’t have a bike of her own for travel throughout rural Cambodia.

Excerpt from an article in  What’s Up Muskoka:

“McCoy knows the monetary and practical value of the donation, and was amazed when she received the news.

“I was just in awe when I got an e-mail saying they were going to donate one to me for getting around the villages and around the city in Cambodia,” says McCoy, remembering the moment.

The versatility of this bike has McCoy excited for her return to Cambodia in October. It can go on the

airplane with her checked baggage, and even on a bus. “They can even go on the back of a motorcycle, and in Cambodia,

everything goes on the back of a motorcycle,” she laughs. She’s anticipating some double-takes as she travels with her Strida.

“They’ll never have seen anything like this before, and it’s going to be a novelty for them as well. I’m sure I’ll

get some interesting reactions when I start my six-month term this coming winter.”

Here’s the link to Lisa’s blog, thank you and your colleagues for your wonderful work Lisa.

Here’s the video:

Here’s a post from EcoVelo which includes additional links.

Oh, and some rain.

Here’s a primer on rainy day cycling with some great post, post discussions from one of our favourite blogs: Let’s Go Ride a Bike. For those of you thinking, I really should go beyond the occasional fair weather recreational ride: you should. And this blog can help you to do just that in so many ways, particularly if you are a woman.

This is an important event where you can meet change-makers and others with an affinity for bicycling in Toronto, join in a celebration of some wonderful progress to date and most importantly, your presence there will help ensure that the work continues.

Details on the event are right here

Please invite everyone you know who wants to see more cyclists, on safer streets in Toronto.

Chris came in 12th in his category – superb, inspirational!

And once again exceptionally managed by MultiSport Canada

Between being at the savedbybikes.com and working at the Boston Pizza on Lake Muskoka (to and from where he rides an orange STRiDA), Chris had almost no time to train but really makes it look easy.

And apparently he has fun doing it:

They are fun events and great little local economy boosters. Kudos to the organizers of the HSBC Triathalon Series, Multisport Canada; these events with hundreds of competitors and I would think, thousands of potential problems were exceptionally well managed. This made for a great time for participants and spectators.

I didn’t know what to expect trying to put myself in his position and immediately feeling the pre-race butterflies. He seemed relaxed but felt relieved when it  it was actually underway.

Speaking of underway, it was one of the best ways I can think of to start the swim portion of the event; the participants were taken out to the starting point by the Segwun, North America’s oldest steamship, in Lake Muskoka.
Really cool to watch everyone dig deep for the event; particularly cool to watch my son. He claims to be a slow swimmer and runner, but is fast and powerful on his Opus Scherzo.

He came in 3rd in the “Clydesdale” category – his first triathalon! savedbybikes got Chris and me into this. It will be interesting to see where it leads