Bike Pirate Tune Up...Help Needed

Please note that we will be CLOSED on December 25th and 26th due to a penchant for sitting on our couch all day watching terrible Christmas movies - that opportunity only comes round but once a year!

And From January 1st through the 9th we will be CLOSED for an overhaul. We'll be doing a lot of cleaning and reorganizing, small reno work, upkeep, re-visioning and implementing some new organizational plans (think: inventory! usage log! bike sales tracking! Pirates are dreaming big this year).

If you would like to help with this tune-up - which may include creative thinking and heavy lifting - please let us know! Contact us at info (at) bikepirates (dot)com and we'll let you know what hours we plan to be in the shop.

Pirates will be open again for all regular scheduled hours on Monday January 10th. Any further closures over the winter due to weather or volunteer availability will be posted HERE.

We also have a Christmas Wish List, with some items that would make this tune-up even more successful. If you are able to donate any of these items or know where we might get them please let us know:
vinyl/rubber/laminate flooring (approx. 8' x 45')
new electric range
small display case
folding chairs (10-20)
Books and magazines related to cycling and bicycle repair (current or old, new or used)
sturdy extension cords (long or short)
screws and nails!
a gallon of paint - green or blue or purple maybe

many thanks for your help and support all year round!

RADICAL MOVIE NIGHT G20 Legal Fundraiser

RADICAL MOVIE NIGHT
G20 Legal Fundraiser

On Friday December 3rd we will be hosting a radical movie night to raise funds for our friends and allies facing G20 related legal charges.

Come join us for an amazing night of movies, drinks, board games, snacks, hanging out, and all around rockin good times.

All welcome!

7pm – 9pm: Land and Freedom (Tierra y Libertad)

Directed by Ken Loach, this 1995 film narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who decides to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. A heart wrenching portrayal of the attempt by ordinary people to build an anarchist society, and its subsequent betrayal. The movie won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

10:30-midnight: What to do in Case of Fire (Was tun, wenn’s brennt?)

Directed by Gregor Schnitzler, this 2002 film tells the humorous and touching story of six anarchist friends living as squatters in Berlin in the 80s, when they leave a handcrafted bomb in a mansion. Only thirteen years later the bomb explodes, wounding two people, forcing the group to reunite and, ultimately, come to grips with the reason they separated years ago.

Free popcorn!

Pay what you can (suggested $5-10). Come for one or both movies.
All proceeds go to the G20 Legal Defence Fund.

Winter Riding Workshop - This Sunday

This Sunday evening Bike Pirates will be hosting a workshop on Winter Cycling.

Topics will cover Winterizing your bicycle and yourself, as well as riding and safety tips, including suggestions on doing this DIY as well as tips on reliable clothing and equipment you can purchase.

Presented in cooperation with No Apathy the event is $5/pay-what-you-can, open to the public and will also include a meal from Food Not Bombs.

The Bike Pirates workspace and all No Apathy events strive to provide a safe and respectful environment open to everyone. Any oppressive behaviour or actions (racism, sexism, violence, etc.) will not be tolerated.

Bike Pirates also asks that folks respect our Women & Trans Hours on Sunday (running 12-6pm), by waiting until after 6:30 to queue for this workshop.

Winter Riding Workshop
Sunday November 28th
7pm-9pm $5/pwyc
Bike Pirates - 1292 Bloor St. West

More details available on the Facebook Event page.

Memeorial Ride in Solidarity with Fallen Cyclist

About a dozen of us rode to install a ghost bike and observe a amonement
of silence for Vicente 'Vince' Sering, 61 assistant pharmacist at St.
Mike's Hospital, father and husband of 33 years and very close to
retirement.
What a shitty place to die.

Star Obit:
"SERING, Vicente A. - Suddenly on Friday, November 19, 2010 at the age of
60 years. Beloved best friend and husband for 33 years of Laurene. Loving
father of Joey. Dear son of Victoriana and brother of Nena, Panoy and
Bobote. Predeceased by his father Eusequio. Also will be sadly missed by
all his nieces, nephews, sisters and brothers-in-law, friends and
co-workers. Vicente was a dedicated employee at St. Michael's Hospital for
over thirty years. Friends may call at the Turner & Porter 'Peel' Chapel,
2180 Hurontario St., Mississauga (Hwy 10, N. of QEW) from 7-9 p.m. on
Wednesday and from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Thursday. Prayers Thursday at 7:30
p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at Holy Angels Church, 61 Jutland Rd.,
Toronto on Friday, December 3, 2010 at 11 a.m. Interment Park Lawn
Cemetery. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to the
Children's Make A Wish Foundation."

Group Bike Ride

Friday, October 15 - "Bike to the Future" Mobile Dance Party

Ghost Bike Placed at the Bottom of Colborne Lodge and Lakeshore

A cyclist was killed Sunday night after being struck by two cars.

Police say the male cyclist in his 40s was traveling south on Colborne Lodge Dr. and was trying to cross Lake Shore Blvd. W. when he was hit.

He was struck by a car travelling east, and the force of the impact threw him into another lane, where he was hit by a second car.

Nigel Ghough was pronounced dead at the scene.


The Bike was placed today and will be in the island where he was lost. His friends and fellow cyclists will remember.

Please visit his Memorial page
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=157499424275176

Or Flicker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinreis/sets/72157624996068617/