Wow an actual human reply - from the city

Tom from pathways called me to hear what my concerns were and indicated his hands were tied at the moment but the north end east-west connection will be a discussion topic for their next meetings. He seemed friendly and pleasant to deal with. I got the sense they must be short staffed over there...
I did take the advice from Ritchie Rich and modified that route a bit to minimize the gong show down to 200 metres or so. Oh and I hate brown snow.

play list for indoor riding

Bored on the trainer... here's a playlist...


http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=90C506F43B42EFBC

wow slow auto reply

Days to get an auto reply..



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Update

Scott...

Since my original request was via telephoe I seleceted the "follow-up on request" option from the general 311 complaint. I guess my frustration is that part of the network is seemily kept in tip top condition and I just want a route that is at least rideable hard pack. I would be happy with either option being done within a few days of a major snow fall and not too woried if it's minor.

09-00498877

Well I sent the below note to the city (311) about the lack of east-west cleared cycling routes in the north end of the city... the photo doesn't do it full justice it was up to the bb a few times... most of the hike it stayed on the drift and I broke through

I called 311 yesterday to request the path be cleared from the parking lot at Edgemont BlVD to 14th Street and it appears the parking lot itself was cleared at Eddgemont Blvd. Large chunks of the pathway are useless the drifts are more than knee deep I know as I tried to ride it tonight going from the 14th street side up the hill ending at Edgemont Blvd parking lot ... it was nearly impossible to walk the path without snowshoes and pushing a bike was quite a challenge. There are virtually no safe winter bike routes east to west in the north end. The options are going over the top of Nose Hill or through the Edgemont Ravine Path with is not cleared either. I live in Citadel and ride to the Deerfoot/64th Ave NE "industrial area". The 64th Ave overpass is very dangerous as well.

snow

This will make for a fun ride home tonight!

Fabian on youtube...

He rocks out at the TT in the Tour de Suisse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqyyNrOIatU


Last night night's ride was a late afternoon spin down through Edgemont, Macewan, Sandstone and Beddington and back over Nose Hill returning to Citadel via the Hamptons with the lights. It was a short spin, 21km, normally I won't ride that short but since I was hit I'm taking it day by day. The shoulder was pretty sore especially when climbing out of the saddle. Today was much better I rode 50 km mostly out in the Bearspaw area and the farmland north of that. I plan on riding to work as much as I can, but its great to get good training rides outside as much as possible.

I Pay Road Tax Too!

ipayroadtax.com

Great take on the "driver's pay" argument we always hear!

http://bikecalgary.org/

Sign up at Bike Calgary for the most up to date information about riding for transportation in Calgary.

http://bikecalgary.org/

Its ride your bike to work week...

Actually that's just about every week for me...

here are some "winter riding" tips from Bike Portland...

http://bikeportland.org/2009/11/06/winter-riding-staying-warm-and-dry-on-a-budget/

just think of these as wet weather riding tips...