Bromptoning (Heather & Pier)
@bromptoning.bsky.social
Two Torontonians on #Brompton bicycles. We post about our unfolding adventures at home and around the world. #BikeTO
Blog: https://bromptoning.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bromptoning
Blog: https://bromptoning.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bromptoning
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Memories of Cycling Good Cheer thanks to @bromptoning.bsky.social
Come to 6th annual bicycle parade December 7th! youtu.be/rr2sq2vqCqs?...
Come to 6th annual bicycle parade December 7th! youtu.be/rr2sq2vqCqs?...
Cycling Good Cheer
YouTube video by bromptoning
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November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Memories of Cycling Good Cheer thanks to @bromptoning.bsky.social
Come to 6th annual bicycle parade December 7th! youtu.be/rr2sq2vqCqs?...
Come to 6th annual bicycle parade December 7th! youtu.be/rr2sq2vqCqs?...
I listened to the audiobook and it’s funny AND includes solid advice. Think I’ll buy it for my parents this Christmas.
Help get LESSONS FROM CATS FOR SURVIVING FASCISM on to the New York Times Bestseller List
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I listened to the audiobook and it’s funny AND includes solid advice. Think I’ll buy it for my parents this Christmas.
Heading to the Stop Bill 60 Solidarity Rally today. Be at Christie Pits at 12noon and roll to Queen's Park with your pedal-powered allies! #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli www.cycleto.ca/stop_bill_60...
Stop Bill 60 Solidarity Rally
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November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Heading to the Stop Bill 60 Solidarity Rally today. Be at Christie Pits at 12noon and roll to Queen's Park with your pedal-powered allies! #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli www.cycleto.ca/stop_bill_60...
I just learned a WHOLE BUNCH about toilets and now I must visit Japan.
It's World Toilet Day, a United Nations reminder that toilets should be accessible to all. In honour of the day, here's a roundup of some of my recent posts on toilets: lloydalter.substack.com/p/bonus-post...
Bonus Post: I almost missed World Toilet Day!
Here's a bonus roundup of some of my recent posts about toilets.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I just learned a WHOLE BUNCH about toilets and now I must visit Japan.
First snowfall of the year, #BikeTO! Just in time for a blog post about our warm fall rides... bromptoning.com/local-advent...
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
First snowfall of the year, #BikeTO! Just in time for a blog post about our warm fall rides... bromptoning.com/local-advent...
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I saw way too much stuff like this when I visited earlier this year. On the plus side, Toronto doesn’t have weird masked kidnappers running around
Toronto streetcar missing a light because it’s stuck in traffic.
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I saw way too much stuff like this when I visited earlier this year. On the plus side, Toronto doesn’t have weird masked kidnappers running around
100% this! I'm going to start calling those two-wheeled electric vehicles with throttles that don't require pedalling "e-motos" too. Hopefully we can shift the narrative => e-bikes are NOT a problem in Toronto's bike lanes, e-motos are the problem. #BikeTO #bikesky
@peopleforbikes.bsky.social looks at the problem of "e-motos" that are confused with e-bikes. There is confusion everywhere in the e-bike world; it's time to clarify and simplify the rules and get the too-big too-fast two-wheeled things out of the bike lanes.
When it comes to e-bikes, we need "clear, simple, straightforward rules that a nine-year-old can explain."
People for Bikes has recommendations for dealing with the confusion between "e-motos" and e-bikes. I have some too.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Cranksgiving has become a fun tradition with our #Brompton friends. This year we rode 64km from Burlington to Toronto, stopping for yummy food and beautiful lake views along the way. #BikeTO #bikesky youtu.be/aoKxpbIKEDU?...
Cranksgiving 2025 (Brompton ride)
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November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Cranksgiving has become a fun tradition with our #Brompton friends. This year we rode 64km from Burlington to Toronto, stopping for yummy food and beautiful lake views along the way. #BikeTO #bikesky youtu.be/aoKxpbIKEDU?...
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You've got 18ish days to comment on Bill 60, Ford's latest anti bike lane laws! Read our blog on taking action, the importance of identifying intersections w other communities affected & what your local cycling advocacy groups are doing to fight back!
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
Bill 60: Cyclists, Bike & More
Premier Ford has fired another shot in the war on bikes. Read about how Bill 60 will limit bike lanes and harm cyclists.
www.thebikinglawyer.ca
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You've got 18ish days to comment on Bill 60, Ford's latest anti bike lane laws! Read our blog on taking action, the importance of identifying intersections w other communities affected & what your local cycling advocacy groups are doing to fight back!
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
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Bill 212 at least pretended it would set criteria for new bike lanes. Bill 60 drops the pretense. Cycle Toronto deputed at Executive Committee to warn about the poison pill that would take power away from people and their communities and give it to cars.
www.youtube.com/live/Gult3x5...
www.youtube.com/live/Gult3x5...
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Bill 212 at least pretended it would set criteria for new bike lanes. Bill 60 drops the pretense. Cycle Toronto deputed at Executive Committee to warn about the poison pill that would take power away from people and their communities and give it to cars.
www.youtube.com/live/Gult3x5...
www.youtube.com/live/Gult3x5...
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Look at our sweet little city’s bike paths competing w NYC for most riders. lp.ca/Ahe2Ps?shari...
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Look at our sweet little city’s bike paths competing w NYC for most riders. lp.ca/Ahe2Ps?shari...
Spooky season may be over, but we're not ready to move on; so here's a short video of The Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade! @jsquaredink.bsky.social #Halloween #bikesky youtube.com/shorts/XN-BU...
The Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade
YouTube video by bromptoning
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November 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Spooky season may be over, but we're not ready to move on; so here's a short video of The Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade! @jsquaredink.bsky.social #Halloween #bikesky youtube.com/shorts/XN-BU...
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Summary of 🎃 💀 🐶 🦖 parade day!
Thanks to everyone who participated & dressed up! @kidicalmassto.bsky.social
💗 @bromptoning.bsky.social for the support & 🧹
Thanks to everyone who participated & dressed up! @kidicalmassto.bsky.social
💗 @bromptoning.bsky.social for the support & 🧹
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Summary of 🎃 💀 🐶 🦖 parade day!
Thanks to everyone who participated & dressed up! @kidicalmassto.bsky.social
💗 @bromptoning.bsky.social for the support & 🧹
Thanks to everyone who participated & dressed up! @kidicalmassto.bsky.social
💗 @bromptoning.bsky.social for the support & 🧹
We had so much fun watching everyone race at the Christie Cross. There was even a race on Toronto's Bike Share bikes! AWESOME event presented by @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social Thanks for the great day! #BikeTO
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We had so much fun watching everyone race at the Christie Cross. There was even a race on Toronto's Bike Share bikes! AWESOME event presented by @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social Thanks for the great day! #BikeTO
We’ll be there! Heather will be sweeper so she doesn’t try to race the kids. 😜👻🎃 #BikeTO
Tomorrow is the 2nd annual GREAT PUMPKIN PEDAAL PARADE with children’s booook prizes for loudest costumes & decorated bikes 📚 thanks to Annick Press! Oct 26 3pm at Pedaal Bikes & Coffee ☕️ @cycletoronto.bsky.social #kidicalmassTO @bromptoning.bsky.social details here: meetu.ps/e/PxjGJ/R1gz...
October 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We’ll be there! Heather will be sweeper so she doesn’t try to race the kids. 😜👻🎃 #BikeTO
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Thank you to everyone who came out to tonight's ride and rally on the one-year anniversary of Bill 212. We're not done fighting to protect our streets and your rights. cc: @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
📸: @jnyyz.bsky.social
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📸: @jnyyz.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Thank you to everyone who came out to tonight's ride and rally on the one-year anniversary of Bill 212. We're not done fighting to protect our streets and your rights. cc: @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
📸: @jnyyz.bsky.social
jnyyz.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/p...
📸: @jnyyz.bsky.social
jnyyz.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/p...
The 3rd Annual Bromptoberfest began with a folding contest at Pedaal Bikes & Coffee, then a pretzel-shaped ride around Toronto, stopping for a photo op at Love Park, then to Wvrst for food, and finally ending in Victoria Memorial Square for a picnic. #BikeTO #bikesky youtube.com/shorts/M_rg6...
Bromptoberfest 2025 #bikeride #bromptonbicycle
YouTube video by bromptoning
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October 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The 3rd Annual Bromptoberfest began with a folding contest at Pedaal Bikes & Coffee, then a pretzel-shaped ride around Toronto, stopping for a photo op at Love Park, then to Wvrst for food, and finally ending in Victoria Memorial Square for a picnic. #BikeTO #bikesky youtube.com/shorts/M_rg6...
Montreal's cycling infrastructure was already good, and thanks to Mayor Plante's initiatives, it's even better now! It would truly be terrible if the next mayor undid all of that. #veloMTL #bikeMTL #bikesky
“For us, [cyclist and pedestrian deaths were] not acceptable,” [outgoing Montreal Mayor Valérie] Plante said. “Life should always be first.”
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
Plante cautions future administration against undoing bike lane progress, says removals would be 'terrible'
"Some people may never get on board," outgoing mayor says at Montreal cycling convention.
montrealgazette.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Signed. Because speeding kills. The least we can do is capture speeders on camera and give them a ticket! #ONpoli #TOpoli #BikeTO #WalkTO c.org/5wpmNnwSxf
Have you seen this petition yet?
Reverse the decision on speed cameras in Ontario
c.org
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Signed. Because speeding kills. The least we can do is capture speeders on camera and give them a ticket! #ONpoli #TOpoli #BikeTO #WalkTO c.org/5wpmNnwSxf
This Thanksgiving we visited my parents during the week (Tuesday-Wednesday) b/c there’s no train service on the weekend, but our schedules don’t always allow for that flexibility. So we’re relieved to hear the Kitchener line is FINALLY getting weekend service! 🥳 @gotransit.bsky.social
Finally some good news regarding getting weekend GO train service to Kitchener starting on November 23! Would be a boon for those attending universities in Guelph & Kitchener-Waterloo, as well as those wanting to bike along some great rail trails there! #KitWat #ONpoli www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
Metrolinx extending weekend GO Trains to Kitchener
GO Transit users in Waterloo Region are finally getting something they’ve wanted for a long time: weekend GO Train trips at the Kitchener station.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This Thanksgiving we visited my parents during the week (Tuesday-Wednesday) b/c there’s no train service on the weekend, but our schedules don’t always allow for that flexibility. So we’re relieved to hear the Kitchener line is FINALLY getting weekend service! 🥳 @gotransit.bsky.social
"Cranksgiving" is becoming an annual tradition! This year we took the GO train to Burlington and cycled back to Toronto, fuelling ourselves with bagels & burgers along the way. #BikeTO #BikeON #bikesky @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social @gotransit.bsky.social @jsquaredink.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Cranksgiving" is becoming an annual tradition! This year we took the GO train to Burlington and cycled back to Toronto, fuelling ourselves with bagels & burgers along the way. #BikeTO #BikeON #bikesky @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social @gotransit.bsky.social @jsquaredink.bsky.social
Agreed! Bikes are the best way to get around the world, real or digital. #bikesky
I'm not generally into open-world games, but THIS one is right up my alley! BIKES RULE! #gamedev @messhof.bsky.social www.gamedeveloper.com/design/cycli...
Cycling through the open-world design of Wheel World
I wheely wheely wheely like you.
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October 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Agreed! Bikes are the best way to get around the world, real or digital. #bikesky
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This was the vibe at 3rd annual BrompTOberfest #community @bromptoning.bsky.social 💕
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This was the vibe at 3rd annual BrompTOberfest #community @bromptoning.bsky.social 💕
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Ontario friends, please take a moment to add your name to this petition in support of keeping speed cameras, an important tool for safer streets: chng.it/qH2kV5GMYn
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Stop Premier Ford from cutting speed safety cameras in Ontario
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September 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ontario friends, please take a moment to add your name to this petition in support of keeping speed cameras, an important tool for safer streets: chng.it/qH2kV5GMYn
Jun captured so many wonderful pics of the Book Ride! Organized and led by @jsquaredink.bsky.social with readings from author @clairerossdunn.bsky.social at some lovely spots in Toronto. #BikeTO
The Reading Line 2025
Today was another edition of the The Reading Line, this one being the first edition in Toronto since Janet Joy's return from the Big Apple. This one featured author Claire Ross Dunn and her novel "At Last Count". She rode with us and stopped at various places in the downtown…
Today was another edition of the The Reading Line, this one being the first edition in Toronto since Janet Joy's return from the Big Apple. This one featured author Claire Ross Dunn and her novel "At Last Count". She rode with us and stopped at various places in the downtown…
The Reading Line 2025
Today was another edition of the The Reading Line, this one being the first edition in Toronto since Janet Joy's return from the Big Apple. This one featured author Claire Ross Dunn and her novel "At Last Count". She rode with us and stopped at various places in the downtown area that were associated with the book.
jnyyz.wordpress.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Jun captured so many wonderful pics of the Book Ride! Organized and led by @jsquaredink.bsky.social with readings from author @clairerossdunn.bsky.social at some lovely spots in Toronto. #BikeTO