Contour Cycle Club

When our friend Ryan Elliott is not riding his bike he is developing and testing new tools for characterizing new anti-cancer therapeutics. Over the past 2 years he has been working in the Princess Margaret Research Tower and he has witnessed a small fraction of the amazing accomplishments that scientists have achieved.

This June, Ryan will be riding 200+ km in the Ridetoconquercancer. He has pledged to raise $2,500+ and it would be really incredible if fellow cyclists, friends and just great people could help him reach his goal.

Read more about his incredible story here: http://www.conquercancer.ca/site/TR?px=4175576&pg=personal&fr_id=1581&s_locale=en_US&et=1vQxlKmSrjOAf0-uleoyAQ&s_tafId=441401

The Ride to Conquer Cancer Let’s celebrate 10 EPIC YEARS! Join me or make a donation to The Ride today by visiting conquercancer.ca!

A little something Toronto could work on!

Cycling groups have praised us for becoming the first force in the country to proactively target "close pass" drivers who endanger riders.

Rules of the road stipulate motorists should give cyclists at least the same space as vehicles when overtaking.

Anyone encroaching inside that safe passing distance − widely considered to be a minimum of 1.5 metres − runs the risk of being prosecuted for driving without due care and attention.

Now we have launched an operation that sees officers saddle up on some of the region’s busiest routes − including Hagley, Pershore and Bristol Roads − looking out for motorists who put cyclists at risk.

Our pedallers will radio the details of close-pass drivers for in-car colleagues to intercept at a designated holding point.

Drivers will be offered a road-side educational input on safe overtaking but repeat offenders − or anyone deemed to have driven dangerously close to a cyclist − can expect to be prosecuted and taken to court.

We must do our upmost to protect vulnerable road users and show that anyone who puts them in danger through poor driving will be dealt with.

Cyclists may suddenly need to avoid uneven road surfaces or obstacles like drain covers so it’s important to afford them plenty of room when overtaking.

We know through our work with the Birmingham Cycle forum that close passing is the single biggest deterrent stopping more people from taking to their bikes.

Some drivers get tunnel vision; they’re only focus is on getting from A to B as quickly as possible. They don’t pay any attention to vulnerable road users and we’ve attended some horrific scenes where cyclists have been wiped out by drivers who’ve not even seen them.

Drivers need to consider that a cyclist they are overtaking could be a police officer − and if they don’t pass them safely they could be prosecuted.

Between 2010 and 2014 there were 530 KSI crashes (killed or seriously injured) in the West Midlands involving bicycles; the vast majority (84 per cent) of those saw riders colliding with cars.

Read more: www.west-midlands.police.uk/latest-news/news.aspx?id=4942

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