Cargo Bike Faceoff
Riding a cargo bike through the city is a form of heightened conciousness and enlightenment. It may take a bit of a contrarian spirit to consider one (not really, they're everywhere now), but what was once a costly challenge through gridlock in a car becomes uninterrupted point-to-point ease in a cargo bike. What was once the endless search for ...
Why Fahrradmanufaktur?
Fahrradmanufaktur literally means "bike maker." The company was started by a consortium of bike stores in Germany called the VSF, the Verbund Selbs...
Why Brompton?
To understand why a Brompton is best is to understand the history of Brompton - which in many ways is the history of the folding bike. And, the sto...
Why Urban Arrow?
Urban Arrow was started by the Smart Urban Mobility Group, a company that has injected some much-needed entrepreneurialism and innovation into the ...
Why Bullitt?
Bullitt was started by Larry (Lars Malmborg) and Harry (Hans Fogh) and the company isn't actually called Bullitt, but rather Larry versus Harry - b...
Why E-Bikes?
RIDING (INTO) THE FUTURE
One ride and you'll understand.
The Moustache Lundi - pedal-assist meets high design
Pedal-assist bicycles are so new...
Now Hiring Experienced Salespeople!
This position will be part-time during March and full-time for the length of the peak season (usually Aug/Sept).
At Curbside our mission is to b...
City Bike Faceoff
City bikes are not new to North America but they do seem to go in waves. People often forget that the bicycle was designed at the same time as the ...
Why Devinci?
If you're walking into Curbside you'll see a ton of steel bikes. Why? Steel is strong, lasts forever, and tends to do well when locked to metal pol...
Why Nihola?
In 1998 Niels Holmes Larson (Ni-ho-la, yes, it's true) was at a bike show in Copenhagen. As an engineer in a city that had rapidly grown its cyclin...
Brompton Buying Guide
Are you thinking of buying a Brompton or custom Brompton? We're here to help! As Canada's first (and largest) Brompton dealer we've been getting pe...
Why Gravel Bikes?
There are moments here at Curbside that we feel our industry can be out of touch with most cyclists. At times, it seems there is a trickle-down mod...
Why Babboe?
Babboe started in 2006 with a mission to create high-quality, affordable cargo bikes - something that is still very hard to find in Holland today. ...
Now Hiring Mechanics
Curbside is looking for a mechanic to join our team for the 2018 season!
This position will be part-time during Feb/Mar and full-time for the l...
Don Watterson - August 10, 1946 - August 16, 2017
It is with great mourning that we announce the passing of Don Watterson, founder and owner of Curbside Cycle, who left us peacefully on August 16...
B&W Foldon Hardcase Review
Every time I took a trip to London U.K., I became obsessed with Brompton-spotting. Watching the hustle and bustle of London Brompton commuters o...
Why Frog?
As anyone in Toronto knows, we've seen an explosion of new cyclists while infrastructure breathlessly tries to catch up. However, if we were to ...
WHY RIDE OUT OF THE BOX™ SHIPPING?
We launched Ride Out Of The Box™ because we know how difficult it can be to find a good cargo, city or folding bike at your local bike shop. Curbsi...
Why A City Bike is Right For You!
Ah, Spring! Longer days, warmer days. Suddenly, the winter hibernation is over and the whole city lies before you like an endless place to explo...
Introducing the Simcoe Commuter
Five years ago a bunch of us here at Curbside started Simcoe bikes. Simcoe was built on a desire to cut through a lot of the confusion we were se...
Introducing SGC Celaris Bikes. Handmade in Windsor Ontario
SGC: Aerospace engineering meets the bicycle
As many readers of our blog know, we at Curbside are pretty well travelled in the bike industry ...
The Frog Bikes Trade-Up Program
Frog bikes are designed with an eye to two things. The first is introducing kids to cycling by offering a really great bike. No other kids bike fe...
The Curbside Lock Review
If you've read our Bike Theft 101 post you'll know that the largest majority of bikes are stolen on the street by street-drug users. That means n...
The Curbside Brompton
As the oldest and largest Brompton retailer in Canada we've learned what our customers want and need from their Brompton. This set of needs is repr...
Why Achielle?
Curbside may have started by the side of the curb converting racing bikes into city bikes, it may have spent years as a storefront building legitim...
Ten show-stopping gifts for the bicyclist on your list
For the Fashionista Bicyclist: The Achielle Babette
Made completely by hand in Belgium, the Babette is Achielle's fashion-statement for the practi...
Ten great stocking stuffers for the bicyclist on your list!
1. Bookman USB Lights
Lights are required by law so they make a smart gift. But, lights can make a boooooring present because most lights often f...
Five Things to Know About Riding in Toronto
1. RIDING IN TORONTO IS AWESOME
Every year tens of thousands of new students arrive in Toronto to discover the TTC kinda sucks, driving is even w...
BIKE MONTH with CURBSIDE and MARKHAM HOUSE
BIKE MONTH
JUNE 2016
Thursday June 23, 2016
FREE Tune-Up Workshop & Film
5:00 PM TUNE-UP WORKSHOP MARKHAM HOUSE PATIO
An hour long, hands-...
Brompton Urban Challenge Toronto 2015
From City Hall to Toronto Island and many points in between, 2015's Brompton Urban Challenge #bucto was great barrels of fun. Our 8 teams criss cro...
Brompton Urban Challenge Toronto 2016 with Curbside Cycle
Hello Brompton Riders of Canada. We are very excited to announce the 2nd annual Brompton Urban Challenge in Toronto on August 27th, 2016. This yea...
Why Pure City?
Pure City began in Madison Wisconsin by three college friends who one day, when out bike shopping, couldn't find what they were looking for - a goo...
Why Simcoe?
Simcoe is a Toronto brand. And, it was also developed right here at Curbside. In many ways, Simcoe is a tale of our quest at Curbside to find city ...
Bicycle Opera Project at Curbside Cycle
The intrepid cycling opera company will be performing at Curbside Cycle on Sept. 4th at 8PM. Tickets available here. $20 per person. PWYC Stan...
Bike Theft 101 - Know thine enemy!
A good bike store is on the front-line of bicycle defence (probably even more than the cops are), whether that's through the bicycles or locks it...
Brompton Urban Challenge Toronto 2015
Register now
Curbside Cycle is working to bring the FIRST EVER Brompton Urban Challenge to Toronto. This is a folding bike event for everyone.
Br...
Simcoe Toronto Edition
Editors note: one of the sweetest bikes ever made and totally limited edition. As of this year we still have a couple of green roadsters, but only...
City Bike Smackdown! Linus versus Simcoe
Looking for a city bike isn't just about finding your favourite colour (although of course that's important!), it's about finding a fashionable m...
A Love Letter to the Chainguard
Dear Bicycle Industry,
We think you probably owe us at least one pair of pants. Or at least, several gallons of laundry soap. In our visions we s...
Got the Gardiner Blues? Unfold a solution!
With the enormous construction projects, or lack thereof, on our roadways, we have come to require more civilized modes of transport. Never mind ...
Simcoe: The North American City Bike
Winters like the winter of 2014 are enough to leave Torontonians with weather-inflicted PTSD. So, why on earth would we post pictures of snow-cove...
Simcoe in Production
Editors note. As many know, Simcoe was started by two current and two Curbside emeritus employees. Having travelled most of Europe and North Ameri...
