Gold Winner Cyclesmith Silver Winner Jack Nauss Bicycle Shop Bronze Winner Idealbikes When your business lives past a quarter century, you know you’re doing something really right. Opened in 1986, Quinpool’s Cyclesmith remains a hub for master and recreational cyclists alike. “We try to cater to everyone from entry level to the very elite,” says […]
Jack Nauss Bicycle Shop
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Best Bike Store
Gold Winner Idealbikes Silver Winner Cyclesmith Bronze Winner Jack Nauss Bicycle Shop Local bike expert Dave Schuhlein sold Idealbikes in September. The shop started in the north end and moved down to Barrington Street in 2004. Through the years its been known for its no-bullshit attitude and great deals on bikes, which should continue with […]
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Bike Week bike store stuff
Cyclesmith (6112 Quinpool Road, 425-1756), which is sponsoring a number of Bike Week events, is currently enjoying their new expanded showroom at the corner of Quinpool and Vernon. “Every week is Bike Week at Cyclesmith,” says co-owner Mark Beaver. Downtown at Idealbikes (1678 Barrington Street, 444-7433) they’re offering a free maintenance clinic on Wednesday, June […]
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Best Bike Store
The heart of downtown is in this bike store, where you can pick up a new or reconditioned bicycle for $100 and up. With a 90-day warranty you can put the thing through its paces and bring it back if it doesn’t meet your standards. The store accepts donations of bike parts, and as their […]
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Northern lights
King-in-exile of the local music scene, Sloan was the highest-profile band to come out of the mid-’90s Halifax music explosion. Though they’re longtime Toronto scenesters—it even says as much on their website—Sloan often sang of its hometown experience, as on a few key tracks from the 1999 release Between the Bridges. The bridges in question […]
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Go local on Agricola Street
Stretching down from the north end, Agricola Street is a series of pauses, movements and environments. North of Young is the largely residential energy of the Hydrostone, but points south you’ll encounter the dominating presence of the Oland Brewery (3055 Agricola, 453-1867), then the distinguished formality of the antiques district just around Almon. Further south […]