two wheeled in york region, ontario, canada
Posted in commuting, cycling, region of york on Jul 8th, 2009
A little sign told me that Weldrick Road East will be closed at the CNR level crossing from July 20-24. Weldrick is great to use to get between Bathurst/Yonge/Bayview/Spadina in order to avoid the super busy arterials.
For a detour, I will be going a little north to take Crosby eastbound over to Spadina. Please note that [...]
Posted in cycling, photos, region of york, rides on May 31st, 2009
Taking a break from the so called ‘war‘ between bikes and cars, I woke up early this morning hoping to get out and ride a bit in relative peace. I slupred down a cup of tea and a bowl of cheerios while watching morning cartoons with E. Everyone else was still asleep. It was cold [...]
Posted in commuting, cycling, region of york, safety on May 7th, 2009
I got a comment from Sandra that she had recently moved into Markham and needed some suggestions about how to get around the heinous crossing of 16th and Highway 404. Here goes
Highway crossings are always tricky, but here is one method that works pretty well for me. It does requrie some sidewalk riding and [...]
Posted in commuting, cycling, region of york on May 6th, 2009
I saw a Google Street View car on my ride in to work this morning @ 16th and Woodbine in Markham. I would have liked to photograph the photographers, but I didn’t have my camera with me. Besides, I was busy riding through the interesection. When I saw the bemasted car, I made a face [...]
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 [...]
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