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As a staunch advocate of human powered vehicles, I am thrilled to see that bluevelo has opened an assembly shop in Kitchener. The shop is assembling velomobiles for distribution all over North America. Below, a QuestXS is being prepared for shipment to the Midwest.

In addition to the Quest, bluevelo also carries the Strada shown below.

They also sell Cab-Bikes which is a design out of Germany. Bluevelo has the shells for the Cab-Bikes manufactured in Oakville, Ontario and offer as an option the Canadian made BionX intelligent drive system.

The 2010 Bicycle Plan developed by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning was recently brought to my attention. The plan states that there are now more than 60 fixed transit stations located within the City of Los Angeles. However, since most travelers still need to go some distance from the station to reach their final destination, the plan suggests incorporating other transportation options within these transit hubs. Examples include car share and vehicle charging stations, and a variety of services oriented to bicyclists such as attendant operated showers, restrooms, bicycle repair, and bicycle lockers. While these are all great developments, what I find most exciting about the plan is that the artist rendering of a proposed mobility hub includes a traveler leaving the station on a Treadmill Bike! It looks like the Treadmill Bike might just be the future of urban transportation after all!

Just received the new Cyclorama Book by Jim McGurn & Mick Allan. This 164 page publication is a mix of high quality photography and editorial on world cycling issues and takes a close look at virtually every type of bike imaginable. It’s an honour to have the Family Truckster featured on the Canada page which also includes a piece about human powered vehicle record holder Sam Whittingham.

It was a nice morning for the Group Commute to kick off Toronto’s Bike Month. I had the Couchbike out and enjoyed the mostly downhill ride to Nathan Phillips Square with a crowd of some 800 other cyclists.

When I shipped a Treadmill Bike off to a TV network in Japan, I really had no idea what would be in store. I never would have guessed this would be the result!

Here’s a nicely made video about frame builder Charlie O’Leary of O’Leary Built Bicycles. Charlie is a BikeCAD Pro owner. It’s great to see BikeCAD playing a small part in the creation of these beautiful bicycles.

I always get a kick out of seeing BikeCAD Pro featured in framebuilding videos. This is a nice piece about Enigma from the Bespoke Bristol Meet the Maker series.

Today was the 500th episode of CBC’s Steven and Chris. It was an honour to have the Treadmill Bike and Couchbike featured on this special show. It was fun to sit in the audience and see how the show is actually put together each day. Getting called down to sit on the couch with Steven and Chris was also a fun surprise.

Things have been going well in the BikeCAD booth at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. I’ll be doing a seminar on BikeCAD at 1pm. Hoping for a good turnout for that.