Great Cycle Challenge Canada: Donate or I’m never gonna make it
Today I launched my fundraising campaign for the Great Cycle Challenge Canada as I launched myself on a 166km jaunt south and east of the city through Chrysler and Berwick.
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To bell or not to bell
I was biking through the arboretum the other day on my way back from a jaunt through Gatineau Park, enjoying relatively warm weather and a leisurely pace as befits a multi-user pathway typically chock full of pedestrians, dog walkers and…
Garmin Vector 3 pedals: the company really stands by their products
Wherein Garmin replaces my four year old defective power pedals well out of warranty. For free.
My personal blog renaissance
Since Elon Musk has bought Twitter, I have decided (probably like a lot of other people) to reinvigorate my blog. It’s amazing to think that it’s been almost 20 years since I’ve been publishing my blog. Though of late (oh……
December 6th: it’s been two generations
I confess to being at loss for words this year as I commemorate the 1989 massacre at École Polytechnique in Montréal. So much stuff — so many incidents of male violence against women — have been layered over it since…
How to steal rides from winter part 1: hands
I like to keep riding outside as long as I can. Road salt, snow and ice-covered roads are hard limits for me. But temperature is a moveable one. It's quite easy to keep your core warm. And whoever heard of cold thighs. So shorts under tights and enough base layers to make you feel like a merino onion. But what to do about hands and feet?
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
I don’t know how else to interpret today’s media event wherein UNIFOR National President Jerry Dias and OPSEU President Smokey Thomas appeared in Milton praising Doug Ford’s plan to increase the minimum wage. It seems like they’ve thrown in the…