In order to more accurately reflect the values of German youth, MTV Germany altered the hit TV show Pimp My Car to Pimp My Bike. Toronto's own Corwyn Lund has pimped a bike so hard, he's gonna head up bike pimping operations for MTV World. Well, maybe one day he will. But for now, he is delivering missives and enunciations to the citizens of Toronto with this luminous bike – but only on Mondays.......

As 2006 ends and 2007 begins, the -ists look back not at the past week, but at the past year. So here it is, your Best of 2006 Spectacular. And from all of us at the -ists, happy New Year! Austinist was all about controversy as new construction to increase urban density ran rampant in 2006, as did threats to the city's image from gigantic corporations looking to set up shop in town, leading to......

Our fascination with photographing Bikes continue, especially since it's Bike Week in Toronto. You have to wonder if the TTC Strike and the start of Bike Week, was truly a coincidence.......

Torontoist is kicking himself for missing this article but we're glad that the eagle-eyed people at Spacing Wire caught it. Actor, sometime mayoral candidate and now Globe and Mail writer Albert Howell wrote this reasoned analysis on why cyclists ride on sidewalks and why pedestrians shouldn't be blaming cyclists but the municipal government for its lack of adequate cycling infrastructure. We agree with Howell, riding on the sidewalk, contrary to popular belief is not......

With the temperature inching just above freezing this weekend Torontoist might just have to bring out our bike. We miss riding it around town, dodging cabbies, avoiding horse crap (if you're Matt B.) and just feeling the cold Toronto air in our freezing faces. Ah, bike-riding in Winter. That being said it's never too early to think about those summer months when bike-riding is a little less of an ordeal. The Toronto International Bicycle Show......

Don't you dare walk out that door! At least until you check to see if a bike is coming along side your car. That's right; the collision that occurs between a driver or passenger's open car door and a moving cyclist (called a "door prize") is the number one cause of car-bike collisions in the downtown core. This contributes to an already turbulent relationship between the city's cyclists and motorists, as the cyclist will either......

Martino Reis, one of Toronto's embattled cyclists, pointed us to Rutgers University professor Philip Pucher's paper on cycling trends and policies in six of Canada's cities. Pucher digs up many surprising insights. Despite ratifying the Kyoto protocol, greenhouse gas emissions grew 20% from 1990-2002 and GHG emissions from vehicles grew by 24%! Bikes would be a cheap and effective way to reduce this figure but they only make up 1.2% of the 13.5 million......