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Signs of Change

During DesignTO, Pedaal became home to Signs of Change, a speculative street-sign installation developed with Radical Norms and OCAD University Research that invites people to imagine how cycling and city streets might evolve in a changing climate, shaped not only by new technologies and shifting policies, but by the small acts through which people already...

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Signs of Change

During DesignTO, Pedaal became home to Signs of Change, a speculative street-sign installation developed with Radical Norms and OCAD University Research that invites people to imagine how cycling and city streets might evolve in a changing climate, shaped not only by new technologies and shifting policies, but by the small acts through which people already...

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Why Toronto Keeps Cycling in Winter

Canadians are famous for lining up in the cold, skating on frozen ponds, and insisting that winter is “not that bad.” It turns out we bike the same way. Toronto’s winter cycling numbers show a city that keeps riding long after the novelty wears off, with corridors like Bloor Street carrying thousands of riders even...

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Pedaal Year in Review

It was February 15, 2024, and we had just gotten the keys for our new shop. Two weeks prior, on February 6, 2024, Toronto City Council authorized the Harbord Street construction. We got the notice around the same time we got the keys. Oh no, we thought. I guess we’re playing the long game here!...

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Guest Roaster: Rabbit Hole Roasters

If there’s one thing we love more than anything else at Pedaal, it’s our cherished customers. Great coffee makes a close second. So when one of our lovely regulars raved to us about this new (to us) superb Canadian coffee roastery, we knew we had to check them out! Down the Rabbit Hole Enter: Rabbit...

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How to Taste Coffee at Home

Coffee is one of the most ritualized things in daily life and also one of the least examined. Most cups are chosen on autopilot, ordered by habit, brand loyalty, or whatever feels familiar before the first sip. But the unexamined life is not worth living, said Socrates. We’re not sure whether Socrates drank coffee, but...

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Guest Roaster: Rogue Wave Roasters

If there’s one thing colder than a prairie winter, it’s realizing the bus back from the Rev Nightclub only runs once an hour. I was a philosophy student in Edmonton then — still riding my bike through snowdrifts, cross-country skiing in Goldbar Park, and, truth be told, not much of a coffee drinker. I drank...

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