Another year has gone by and it is time to report again on the deterioration of the Bridlewood and Glen Cairn pathways in Kanata.Bridlewood Glen Cairn
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THE FIFTH COLUMN: Norco Scene VLT, The E-bike For People That Hate E-bikes
Definitions first. How do I define e-bike. An electric motor assisted bicycle that can be pedalled easily without the assist turned on and that requires pedalling for the motor assist to function. Any so called “e-bike” that does not requiring pedalling to move (except when coasting) is a variation on
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Glen Cairn Pathway System Deterioration
Bridlewood is not the only Kanata South community with crumblingmulti-use pathways (MUPs) that are deteriorating due to multiplefreeze-thaw cycles every year as a result of climate change. This pathway through Glen Cairn is also crumbling away.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Bridlewood Small Hydro Line Pathway – The Crumbling Continues
A year ago I wrote a blog post, Climate Change, The Pandemic and Multi-Use Pathways (MUPs), in which I talked about the state of Ottawa’s Multi User Pathways citing The Bridlewood small hydro line as an example. This is the current state of that pathway compared to a year ago.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: End of Cycling Season Review Featuring Norco Scene VLT E-bike
Overview As we approach the time to put away the summer bikes and bring out the winter bikes it is time to review the past season. After a high of 5100 kilometres in 2013, I had dropped to 2300 by 2016 and since then gradually increased to 3000 last year
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Climate Change, The Pandemic and Multi-Use Pathways (MUPs)
The greatest long term threat to humankind is undoubtedly climate change. While the planet can no doubt survive anything short of a collision with a planet sized meteorite or asteroid, climate change has the potential to be be disastrous to human habitat. In the short term the greatest threat to
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Bikes from Eh to Zed
A bike What everyone needs. Everyone should have a bike. B bike Be at one with your bike. Be the bike. C bike A homophonic cross reference to bicycle. See bike. D bike To get off your bike. The rode is over and it is time to D bike. E
Continue readingPostArctica: Tour de France 2019
Tour de France. Like the World Cup of soccer, the best of sports on a global scale. Or as my grade 8 teacher, Brother Victor, once referring to soccer as the only true world game, might say, this is the absolute summit of such a simple thing as bicycling. It
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Bicycling never gets old
Bicycling is part of the solution to today’s environmental and fuel crises, and the benefits of increased cycling go beyond reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, David Suzuki argues. The post David Suzuki: Bicycling never gets old appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: What Are Cyclists Lives Worth
While I cannot answer that question I can tell you what our society and its governments have decided cyclists lives are not worth. Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of installing truck side guards on all large trucks. Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of developing and installing
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: What Are Cyclists Lives Worth
While I cannot answer that question I can tell you what our society and its governments have decided cyclists lives are not worth. Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of installing truck side guards on all large trucks. Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of developing and installing
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: What Are Cyclists Lives Worth
While I cannot answer that question I can tell you what our society and its governments have decided cyclists lives are not worth.
Cyclists lives are not worth the cost of installing truck side guards on all large trucks.
Cyclists lives are not worth…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Reflections on My 2013 Biking Season
Now that I bike all year there is no end to the season but the putting away of the summer bikes and taking out of the winter bike marks the end of a season for me now. (Note: click on images in this blog post to enlarge them.) Remembering Mario
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Reflections on My 2013 Biking Season
Now that I bike all year there is no end to the season but the putting away of the summer bikes and taking out of the winter bike marks the end of a season for me now. (Note: click on images in this blog post to enlarge them.)
Remembering Mario
As I …
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Reflections on My 2013 Biking Season
Now that I bike all year there is no end to the season but the putting away of the summer bikes and taking out of the winter bike marks the end of a season for me now. (Note: click on images in this blog post to enlarge them.) Remembering Mario
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Thoughts on Taking The Lane
Updated 2013-11-11 As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts on the subject. While I am not one of those “vehicular cyclists”, that oppose cycling infrastructure because they think that
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Thoughts on Taking The Lane
As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts on the subject. While I am not one of those “vehicular cyclists”, that oppose cycling infrastructure because they think that the best
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Thoughts on Taking The Lane
Updated 2013-11-11
As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts on the subject.
While I am not one of those “vehicular cyclists”, that oppose cycling infrastruc…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Kanata’s Secret Segregated Bike Lane
Yes, Kanata has a secret, or at least unpublicized, segregated bike lane on Huntmar Drive from Maple Grove Road to the Canadian Tire Centre parking lot, even if, for some strange reason, it is only on one side of the road. This is not like the high profile (and more
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Kanata’s Secret Segregated Bike Lane
Yes, Kanata has a secret, or at least unpublicized, segregated bike lane on Huntmar Drive from Maple Grove Road to the Canadian Tire Centre parking lot, even if, for some strange reason, it is only on one side of the road. This is not like the high profile (and more
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