Ride into work for Thursday, 08 March
Got complimented by a pedestrian after walking my bike across the crosswalk on Connaught - "First time I've seen a guy on a bike walk his bike across that crosswalk!"; presumably the girls have no problem walking their bikes, or don't want a ticket.
Rode down Gottingen past the ruins of the North End Pub that caught fire yesterday; apparently members of a Slayer tribute band lived in the apartment above and lost all their gear. There was an excavating truck parked outside digging through the rubble that caused a massive tailback as far as Young; I just rode my way around it (although I had to swerve around a Clean Nova Scotia car that tried to jump out from a side street and cut me off).
Distance logged: 14.399km
Time: 46:25
Average speed: 18.6km/hr
Max speed: 52 km/hr
Temperature: -18C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 1468.015km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.2
Monthly distance: 183.998km
Monthly cost per km: $0.09
Rode down Gottingen past the ruins of the North End Pub that caught fire yesterday; apparently members of a Slayer tribute band lived in the apartment above and lost all their gear. There was an excavating truck parked outside digging through the rubble that caused a massive tailback as far as Young; I just rode my way around it (although I had to swerve around a Clean Nova Scotia car that tried to jump out from a side street and cut me off).
Distance logged: 14.399km
Time: 46:25
Average speed: 18.6km/hr
Max speed: 52 km/hr
Temperature: -18C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 1468.015km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.2
Monthly distance: 183.998km
Monthly cost per km: $0.09
posted by steve at 3/08/2007 03:10:00 pm
3 Comments:
Clean Nova Scotia car cut you off or didn't see you amongst the massive amounts of traffic? I am an avid biker myself, and when I saw you this morning I was very impressed you were biking in the cold. I wasn't thinking - how can I cut him off?
I apologize for that - it's important that people are still looking out for bikes in the winter and hopefully following your lead. Maybe I should ask you what you wear on your face - that's the part that kept me from biking after December across the bridge.
all the best and happy biking!
Hi Steve,
I am trying to write a story on the Critical Mass bike rides in Halifax for the Dalhousie Gazette. I'm finding it a bit hard to find a source, but I did notice that you're a regular. Would you be able to e-mail me back at gazettearts@gmail.com as soon as you get a moment? I would like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind.
AShleigh
Thanks for having the guts to post that, Clean Nova Scotia car driver! If you were the driver I rode around you were coming out of either Macara or Bilby driving a dark green station wagon style car.
I was wearing a balaclava which is too warm to wear at anything above about -12 or so. Above that I wear a skull cap and neck gaiter I picked up from MEC, above -5 I just need a headband to keep my ears warm. I also smear a layer of Vaseline on my cheeks when it's anywhere below about -3, which does the job of cutting out the wind chill.
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