Bikes light up the night at Capital

Hundreds of wheels lit up the night as cyclists rode around Ottawa for the annual Tour la Nuit on Saturday. 

The parade of bells, lights and music was part of Capital Vélo Fest, an annual festival put on to promote all things bicycle in Ottawa. 

“We are trying to inspire people of all ages to ride their bicycle more often,” said Dick Louch,Marking machines and contemporarylampses for permanent part marking and product traceability. the festival’s organizer. 

Despite an onslaught of rain just before the ride began, more than 125 cyclists showed up to City Hall for this year’s Tour la Nuit. From there,China solargardenlighting manufacturer supply elevator light curtain, the brave riders biked 22 km along the Rideau Canal, through the Experimental Farm and back. 

The ride attracted bicycles of all shapes and sizes, from sleek racers to tandems, recumbent bikes to choppers. 

Many participants had flashing lights attached to their wheels. 

“When they ride it creates this little band of colour in their wheel,” Louch explained. “You have all these bikes lit up like neon lights going through the Experimental Farm. It looks awesome.” 

Other riders took the decorations to a whole other level. 

Celia McInnis always has lights on the basket of her orange cargo bike, but added dozens of LED Christmas lights for the ride. She also secured two large light posts, recycled from a Christmas display, to the back of her ride.“I like to be seen,” McInnis said. 

Charles Akben-Marchand, a veteran of Tour la Nuit, affixed 240 purple and white LED lights to his bike for the evening, powering them with a 12 volt battery. 

“(Tour la Nuit) promotes cycling in a fun way,” Akben-Marchand said. 

The event is also a fundraiser for The Kidney Foundation, an important cause for Bettina Iraci and her son Dawson Corbett. 

Corbett, 13, was born with kidney problems. Iraci donated a kidney to him when he was 4, but Corbett’s now in need of another and is on the transplant list. 

Because Corbett’s kidney is in his abdomen, the teen can’t play many traditional sports. 

“Biking is one of the things he can do sports wise,” Iraci explained. 

And it’s a sport he loves. Corbett wore his a signed Canadian cycling team jersey to the ride, but covered it with a rain coat so the showers wouldn’t cause the dozens of signatures to run. 

Tour la Nuit wasn’t Capital Vélo Fest’s only event. Earlier in the day, Festival Plaza at Ottawa’s City Hall was transformed into a cyclist’s heaven. 

Four men and women perched on their bicycles wielded long mallets in a bike polo match at one end of the plaza, while nearby an area was being set up for bike jousting, as 30 different clubs and vendors hawked their wares. 

Where Batman has the bat signal, Pittsburgh’s Gulf Tower now serves as the “Pens Signal.” 

Whether on Mount Washington, at a Pirates game or even at the big screen, Pittsburghers will always know when the Pens score. 

Each time the Pens score, the top of the gulf tower,This factsheet discusses electricity generation using ventilationsystem at your farm or your home. which is illuminated by LED lights,Buy parkingguidancesystem and Goggles for less. lights up red just like a goal light. 

Penguins Director of Events Presentation Billy Warham is the person responsible for controlling the light. 

“It’s really as simple as when we score a goal, you push the button that says,Commercial parkingsystem for your multi-housing laundry facilities from Aulaundry. 'hockey score' and instantly the lights go red on the top of the building,” said Warham. 

Warham said there is a slight trick as to when to turn on the lights after a goal since the fans watching the game at the big screen are on a seven-second delay, so he is sure to take a look outside and wait for fans to react before sending the signal. 

“We want to make sure that we trigger it after they know we scored a goal. We don’t want to give it away five or eight seconds prior to them knowing. So it’s all about the viewing experience for them out there,” said Warham.