Ride for Sunday, 30 April
Back again at the same location as yesterday doing more out of hours work. I've racked up enough now for a day an a half off - I'll save them for a nice day. Plus, since this was work related travel, I can claim it back and get a refund - not much, but it'll pay for a bottle of energy gel, at least!
Distance logged: 41.414km
Time: 106:56
Average speed: 23.2km/hr
Max speed: 59.6 km/hr
Temperature: 7C-14C, breezy
Cumulative distance: 2642.257km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.48
Monthly distance: 831.504km
Monthly cost per km: $0.6
Distance logged: 41.414km
Time: 106:56
Average speed: 23.2km/hr
Max speed: 59.6 km/hr
Temperature: 7C-14C, breezy
Cumulative distance: 2642.257km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.48
Monthly distance: 831.504km
Monthly cost per km: $0.6
posted by steve at 4/30/2006 09:35:00 pm
8 Comments:
Do you only bike or also run sometimes?
I only bike. I'm too lazy to run, and (my excuse) my knees aren't really up to it.
Though cycling is good enough..I had say that u are missing on running...Agreed running is a different ball game, but it is much more effecient(if the injuries are handled well) in terms of fitness gains than cycling..
Well, I'm not really in it for the fitness, I do it because it's something I enjoy and because I don't believe motorised transport is an appropriate form of transport for short distance travel (commuting especially). The only other exercise I do is yoga, which helps stop cramping after long rides.
I haven't seen any other sport I would enjoy and is as easily accessable for me. I've toyed with the idea of getting into paddling, but the problem would then be spending more money on buying equipment; the cheapest kayaks start at $400, and canoes are several hundred dollars more, and then the equipment required on top of that (PFD, paddle, etc) ramps it up even more. Being as tall as I am (6 foot 5) means it's difficult to find equipment that fits, too.
I'm always interested in suggestions for alternative sports, though!
Oh..that's nice. Regarding this bike to work, how popular is it as a mode of transport to work in canada...could you give me a rough idea..Thanks
I ride all year round, but there's not very many that do that. I see more bikes on the road starting around this time of year, then it starts tailing off in September and October.
In terms of popularity, the latest figures I could find were from the 2001 census. In Halifax, 1560 people commuted by bicycle out of a total of 170215, or around 1%. In Nova Scotia as a whole, 2270 of 373045 (0.6%) of commutes were by bike, and across Canada 162910 out of 13450855 (1.2%) of commutes were by bike. Not particularly stellar figures, but a lot of people don't ride through the winter. I see a lot of people walking all year round, though, which matches the Statscan figures.
That's really cool..Dedicated cycle lanes and more cycling clubs with awareness campaigns would help increase the percentage, don't you think? But all said, compared to most countries, the cycle usage seems to be pretty high in canada(paralleling europe, australia), I feel.
I think that with the price of oil increasing more and more people are going to be exploring alternative modes of transport. Every time the price of gas at the pumps jumps I see a rise in people cycling - unfortunately not always sustained, and they're usually riding toy bikes, so they don't really get a decent experience.
Also, it's legal to park cars and trucks in most of the bike lanes in Nova Scotia, which doesn't help matters too much. The law states that a vehicle may park next to the sidewalk as long as there's a minimum of 4.5 metres of highway to pass. From section 138 of the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicles Act:
138
(1) No person shall park or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or improved or main travelled portion of any highway, outside of a business or residence district, when it is practicable to park or leave the vehicle standing off the paved or improved or main travelled portion of the highway, provided, in no event shall any person park or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon any highway unless a clear and unobstructed width of not less than 4.5 metres upon the main travelled portion of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left for free passage of other vehicles thereon, nor unless a clear view of the vehicle may be obtained from a distance of 60 metres in each direction upon the highway.
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