Should you buy used or new? Road bike, commuter or cruiser? Splurge or save? We’ve done some of the legwork for you by sourcing cycles at every price point and asking local pedal pushers what to look for at your neighbourhood bike shop.

When the owner of 27-year-old bike shop Bathurst Cycle was ready to retire last fall, he approached Bateman’s Bicycle Company down the street about taking over the business. Robert Bateman wasn’t initially sure he wanted to expand again; he’d just finished converting an 1886 alleyway barn into a new repair shop. But the close proximity of the Bathurst Cycle space eventually sealed the deal.

Q: Should I be worried about lead in my gardening tools?

I do post-production, mostly for television. My most recent gig has been as picture editor for Top Chef Canada. I get all the footage and work with a writer and story editor to pick the camera shots that tell the story.

I’m on air as an announcer from 4 to 8 pm on Saturdays and 6 to 11 pm Sundays; I also fill in during the week when the other announcers are away. And I produce the national countdown radio show Hits Storm, which airs in Toronto, Ottawa and Edmonton.

I run my own company and produce interactive work that varies from add-ons for documentaries and television shows to design and installations. And I’m working on my masters at OCAD in the digital future program.

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 “My soul is a fire that suffers if it doesn’t burn,” said Jean Prevost, a writer and hero of the French Resistance during World War II. “I need three or four cubic feet of new ideas every day, as a steamboat needs coal.” Your soul may not be quite as blazing as his, Aries, and you may normally be able to get along fine with just a few cubic inches of new ideas per day. But I expect that in the next three to four weeks, you will both need and yearn to generate Prevost-type levels of heat and light. Please make sure you’re getting a steady supply of the necessary fuel.

I’m a 17-year-old girl, and in most aspects I’m confident with myself, my identity and my body. Earlier this year I met a girl. She had some serious drama at home and needed to get out of her house, so I let her stay at mine. Things went a LOT further than I was ready for. I had just had my first kiss the month before and didn’t feel like our relationship was ready for sex, but I went along with it because she never gave me a chance to slow things down or say no.