[Image-1] Cycling has its benefits. Fresh air, good exercise and eco-friendliness, to name but a few. Still, many riders we’ve spoken to are surprised to learn they’re missing out on some red hot deals all over town. Deals that are only available to bike-riding customers. Bishop’s Cellar, for example, offers 10 percent off purchases for […]
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ShopTalk presents: 25 Things To Do Downtown
1. Remember that the waterfront isn’t just for tourists But it is a good spot to people-watch said camera-slinging visitors. Walk it, run it, admire it from the ferry, eat take-out from Canadian Bacon Cookhouse or The Shack (Queen’s Wharf), check out Historic Properties (1869 Upper Water Street), rent wheels from I Heart Bikes (Sands […]
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Quit playing head games
In honour of Bike Week and all of the helmet talk in this week’s issue, we encourage you to use your melon by protecting it. In efforts to help you keep your brains at their absolute safest as you’re cruising the back roads, speeding to work or sweating your way up Duke Street, I Heart […]
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Greet Bike Week with bells on
Just when we didn’t think it was possible, I Heart Bikes (1507 Lower Water Street, 406-7774) has become an even brighter spot on the boardwalk. Sarah Craig’s amazing bike rental, city tour and retail shop has recently upgraded its digs, after out-growing the little hut it operated out of for the past two seasons. And […]
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The Shop talk guided tour:
The Waterfront is Halifax; you can’t talk about this town without talking about the harbour, our maritime history, our naval bases, our shipping… our casino, our bars, our tourists. It’s hard to believe now, but back in the 1960s the powers that be wanted to bulldoze everything interesting on the waterfront and replace it with […]
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I Heart Bikes rides the waterfront and beyond
I Heart Bikes (1325 Lower Water Street, iheartbikeshfx.com) is a seasonal bicycle rental service situated on the Halifax waterfront between the Emera Electropolis building and Bishop’s Landing, offering a fleet of 10 bikes at a rate of $9 per hour for tourists and locals, with daily punchcards available for regular users. Each bike comes equipped […]