two wheeled in york region, ontario, canada
Posted in commuting, cycling, photos, region of york on Apr 30th, 2009
A few weeks ago I noticed that the creek in the Beaver Creek greenway appeared to be damed up by, well, beavers. There were a bunch of beaver chewed trees around as evidence, but they looked older. Yesterday afternoon on my ride through the greenway I was rewarded with the sight of a family of [...]
Posted in day-to-day, humor, transport on Apr 29th, 2009
I got an IM the other day from Phil the “Cheetahman” asking me if I was interested in doing the City Chase this year. Phil is a fan of the TV show “The Amazing Race,” something I’ve only watched perhaps an hour ever. He described the City Chase as a kind of watered down version of the show. [...]
Posted in cycling, family, region of york, rides on Apr 27th, 2009
E finally decided to shed the training wheels from her lovely purple bike. After 9 days of practice without them and no major mishaps, she was eager to go for a “really long” family bike ride on the Greenways around our house. We saddled up the whole fandamily and took off for a bike adventure. [...]
I noticed the rear brakes were fading on my rain bike riding home yesterday. I also noticed about ¾ of the way home that my rear tire was giving me that special bouncy feeling, indicating it was leaking. I managed to scoot home with enough air in the tire to suspend me. I pulled a huge [...]
Posted in commuting, cycling, region of york, suburban bike commuter on Apr 13th, 2009
Todd has a post at Quirky Outtakes detaling his commute into the hinterlands of suburban Vaughan. Suburban bike commuters face tough routes choices, and are forced to ride on scary busy arterials to get where they need to be. Todd has found a way to use the Bartley Smith Greenway in Vaughan allowing him to [...]
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