Rockland via Navan, 121km, 5 hours ish
Bleargh. Today’s ride featured cold, a long pitch down Navan Road straight into the wind, and my GPS’s maddening route recalibration yet again.
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Champlain lookout – 57km, 2 hours 15 minutes
My first ride up to Champlain lookout this year. A gorgeous evening and the parkway was just clogged with riders. I really liked seeing all the people out on bikes.
Ashton – 87.87km
A sunny chilly day for a ride. Shorts, tights, overbooties, shirt, mid-layer, windbreaker, light gloves, nothing under the helmet. The route was a bit of an experiment. I’ve gone out…
The Swan, 60km, 2 hours, average speed 29.1km/h
A beautiful sunny afternoon, the wind mostly coming across or at my back.
Put the slicks on today
It was a little chilly today. But the roads are clear of snow and relatively dry so there’s no point keeping the snow tires on. So out came the slicks.…
Blackburn Hamlet: 44.85km, 1 hour 40 minutes
And so it begins. Rideau Lakes seems a long way away and Kingston a very daunting destination. But it was a lovely day today. Lots of riders out. But uh……
Just sent in my cheque for the 2012 Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour
My road bike is in the shed, trapped behind several feet of snow blocking the door. We have six more weeks of winter and I’m not done with cross country…
Hello rear derailleur, good to feel you again
The past couple of days have been evidence of why some people like single gear bikes in winter. My cassette has been covered in solid ice and my rear derailleur…
My fifteen seconds of fame
I’m in an Ottawa Sun weather story dispensing advice on biking on a snowy day.
Ontario – Cyclists are here to stay – get with the program
Toronto News: Hume: What goes around in Quebec comes around in Ontario - thestar.comExcerpts:This isn’t a matter of right or left, but of right and wrong. Due to circumstances well…
Toronto Sun: let’s make Toronto worse
How Rob Ford could improve T.O. | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto SunThe Toronto Sun suggests outlawing panhandling, scrapping the bag fee and licensing bicycles are ways to…
Poster > Cyclist response to "Rob Ford’s Bike Plan"
Fuck Ford poster protests Rob Ford's bike planAt the link is a poster created in response to Rob Ford's bike plan (removing bike lanes from convenient streets for cyclists, and…
Jarvis Bike Lane dead. Ford’s war on cyclists continues
Jarvis Bike Lanes Saved for One Year, Birchmount and Pharmacy Bike Lanes to be Removed - TorontoistToday, Toronto City Council voted 28-19 in favour of removing the Jarvis, Birchmount and…
Could the vote on the Jarvis Bike Lane be a turning point for Ford’s support on council?
Fighting for Bike Lanes at Toronto City Hall: Pt. I « the reeves reportEarlier today, Mayor Rob Ford voted against all the community grants, while council voted unanimously to continue…
Fighting for Bike Lanes at Toronto City Hall: Pt. I
“Dammit. My phone died.” “You can use mine.” “That’s okay. I kinda knew it would happen. I didn’t have time to charge my phone today on my morning off. ‘Cause…
Licensing cyclists is not the answer
Listen up, my broke and miserly city: licensing cyclists is not the answer. Licensing cyclists will not prevent the highly unfortunate accident that took place yesterday, in which a pedestrian…
The Often Occasional Blogger
I know I haven’t been blogging much lately,… but I really have a good excuse for it,… actually it is more of a series of excuses caused by one event…
It’s Time To Stop Spinning Our Wheels On Climate Change
Much of the UN climate negotiations that went on in Copenhagen in December, 2009 was just so much hot air and spinning of wheels without any movement towards a liveable…
Okay, one more post about the RLCT
And then I'm done. First up, a public thanks to my partner and Mallory's mother, Irene Jansen. I've been eating up at least six non-work, non-sleep hours a week since…
Rideau Lakes is over. I’m wiped. But happy
So I'm back. Rideau Lakes is over. Sniff. There were minutes today, however where I would not have been so sentimental. The moonscape loosely termed 'road' between Meryln Wilson Road…