Well, we’re back from vacation from Bon Echo. This was our second trip there, since 2007 and it didn’t dissapoint for car camping. We still don’t have the means to transport our camping gear and bikes, so I had a little vacation from riding, too. It’s nice to be home and back on the bike! I’m still itching to get a backcountry type trip in however. I’m trying to convince the family that a long weekend canone trip into the interior there would be a Good Thing. We’ll see.
I added a link to R A N T W I C K, a bike blogger in London ON. Check out the latest post on goofy bike lanes around UWO. For your reading pleasure, I’ve also added a link to Urban-Crawl. There is a very interesting post regarding cycling, kids and parenting.
Tags: backcountry, camping, links
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As an update to the post “public service announcement,” I’m pleased to report that the work at the level crossings of the railway between Yonge & Bayview are complete. Crosby, Centre and Weldrick have new, smooth pavement. I’m particularly pleased that the rubber mats have been removed from the Weldrick crossing and replaced with ashphalt. The old mats were buckled up an peeling in places, and were no fun to ride over when wet.
Tags: commuting, safety
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I’ve been keeping a log of the rides that I’ve done this year mostly for a lark. I’ve learned a couple of things:
- I’m a bike commuter.
- I don’t ride as much as I thought I did.
- I don’t use my bike for many errands.
The first is no surprise, but the second is a little. My friends and family figure that I ride “lots” just because I ride to work most days. I don’t ride for very many errands either. It’s mostly because it’s hard to lock up your bike somewhere in suburbia, and because it’s tough to haul kids & stuff like groceries, even with a trailer.
Tags: commuting, distance, errand, sport
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For those of you that like classic bikes, have a look at Adam Hammond’s blog Two Serious Bikes. He’s got quite the eye for classic bicycle styles and interesting parts. I like bikes (duh) and classic looking bikes, but this guy is really quite picky and knows his stuff. I’m happy if I can get parts like deraileurs that are silver in colour. Adam has to remove the anodization from parts and then laboriously bring the finish to a high polish to be happy. That’s attention to detail. If you drill down through his past posts, you can see that he has even built his own frame. While sometimes I think he might be too serious (hah, pun intended!), there is some interesting stuff to be learned.
I’m looking forward to seeing photos of his new steed.
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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 there is no through traffic on Spadina southbound from Major Mac during rush hours. No problem, just hop off your bike and use the pedestrian crossing!
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