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Friday Nov 9, 2012 #
7 AM
Cycling (Commuter) 56:00 [2] 28.0 km (30.0 kph) +96m
After listening to a hardcore commuter (i.e. 300+ days/yr of commuting by bike 60km for 20 years) Monday at the Halton Active Transportation Meeting I figured I'd better not give up on cycling in due to miserable (typical) fall cold weather/darkness just yet.
Made full use of the cx tires by going through Yaremko doubletrack (a little dicey in the darkness of 6:30 with only a PT commuter light) across Limestone Rd and cut through Kelso on Appleby. From there onto Steeles through suburban Milton (heart of darkness) and Steeles all the way into work. Was worried about Steeles (more traffic, construction, trucks) but wasn't too bad - I could dodge into the construction cones blocking the new lanes and definitely less hills. It felt a little too easy, probably a decent tailwind. The way back won't be as nice I am guessing - less shoulder, evil wind and typically more traffic at 4pm then 7am.
Made full use of the cx tires by going through Yaremko doubletrack (a little dicey in the darkness of 6:30 with only a PT commuter light) across Limestone Rd and cut through Kelso on Appleby. From there onto Steeles through suburban Milton (heart of darkness) and Steeles all the way into work. Was worried about Steeles (more traffic, construction, trucks) but wasn't too bad - I could dodge into the construction cones blocking the new lanes and definitely less hills. It felt a little too easy, probably a decent tailwind. The way back won't be as nice I am guessing - less shoulder, evil wind and typically more traffic at 4pm then 7am.
4 PM
Cycling (Commuter) 1:06:00 [2] 28.0 km (25.5 kph) +189m