two wheeled in york region, ontario, canada
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 a [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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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