I just got back from a party after Critical Mass. I had a fabulous time! The june CM is always super big here in Vancouver, because “June is Bike Month”. Today we had at least 1800 people on our CM ride, according to the counters. I got some pictures, but it’s pretty [...]
I had an enjoyable day in the sun today, on the World Naked Bike Ride. The aims of the ride are to protest fossil fuel dependency and to promote a healthy body image. It was super fun!
We started out at Sunset Beach in downtown Vancouver. We gathered there for a while until [...]
I’m feeling lazy, so i’ll just drop a link here. check it out…it’s about cycling and safety and helmets and stuff. Three lessons for a better cycling future, by Malcolm J Wardlaw, business analyst
Ride hard, ride free
I had tons of fun at the latest critical mass (which is always the last friday of every month here in Vancouver). I think there were about 300 people in attendance, which seems like a fairly good turn out. The BIG ONE always happens in June, though, because June is “Bike Month” here. [...]
I got some good questions about my previous article on cars, both on- and off-line, so i thought i’d shoot a few responses out there for consideration. The main response i’ve been getting (and have had on other topics as well) is that i’m not “being realistic”. I think the main thing i’m [...]
i’ve been pondering about transportation issues a lot this week. I recently read a letter that someone wrote to the federal transportation minister about mandatory maximum weights for personal vehicles. It was really interesting and thought-provoking…although i knew that cars were dangerous because of their tremendous weight, i hadn’t considered the issues that [...]
so i guess that 200km ride in the freezing cold was a bit tough on my body. Afterwards i had a sore ankle and i was limping all day sunday and part of monday. By monday evening it went away, so i went out for a ride with my dad on tuesday. [...]
Well….what an exhausting ride. I survived though. 203.8km took me 10:59 elapsed time, and 9:40 of that was riding time. I keep telling myself that next time i’ll waste less time hangin out at the control points, but i never do…it’s too easy to sit down and have a nice rest while [...]
It’s friday night right now, and i just packed a pannier to take on my ride tomorrow morning. I’m going with the BC Randonneurs bike club to do a 200km bike ride. I’m super excited and happy…it should be a fun time.
The route should be from burnaby to surrey and then to ladner, [...]
i went out with ryan g today to do some riding. We’re both preparing for the 200km Randonneur ride next saturday, so we decided to do the first half of the route today.
We met at the Patullo bridge, between New Westminster and Surrey (about 20km southeast of downtown Vancouver) at 9:30am. This [...]