11-05-2003, 07:09 PM
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| Guest | Re: Best ride of all
Tom Keats wrote:
>In article <3FA8C947.6020306@mouse-potato.com>,
> Bernie <bmcilvan@mouse-potato.com> writes:
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>>I think I know the MUP you mean.
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>The 7-Eleven Trail (BC Parkway); the Burnaby side, from
>Central Park to Central Blvd & Bonsor Ave. I rather
>enjoy the transitions from street to park trail to MUP.
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Me too
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>It used to be easy to come out of the park, hang a left
>on Patterson, a right onto Central Blvd, cross Willingdon
>at the loop-detected traffic light, and either continue
>on Central past Metrotown Shopping Centre, or cut over to
>the 7-Eleven as the mood suits.
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I exit the park and get onto Beresford, push down to Metrotown Stn, and
get onto the 7-11 there. Then it's dodge pedestrians and cool the speed
and lots of bell dinging (do it! ;-} ) til I get onto a very short bit
of Beresford, thru the light and onto Royal Oak? for a very short bit
and back onto the 7-11. Jeez, you'd think I was hung up on bike paths!
Oh well. It's working for me. Mind you that route for me is only
weekend runs into and out of Vancouver.
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>Now there's some weird building construction thing right
>smack-dab in the middle of Central Blvd, between the
>park & Willingdon. Crossing Willingdon on Beresford
>during rush hour isn't so bad, but I miss having that
>traffic light. Another option is 49th/Imperial ->
>Sussex -> 7-Eleven Trail, but that's not so apealing
>during rush hour.
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>...
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>>I feel like we are slipping downhill into lame rants about very little...
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>Aw, I ain't rantin'. Just noting & observing there really
>are a lot more ppl wearing black this fall. And I mean
>/entirely/ black outfits. Maybe they're paying homage to
>Johnny Cash or sumpthin'. I really wanna talk about
>Global Warming, but as usual, when I start into an
>interesting topic, I get a bunch of work to do. It's
>like, if I want the phone to ring, all I have to do is
>take a shower or a nap. Speaking of work, I've gotta
>get crackin'.
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 I don't think they know who Johnny Cash is/was. They aren't Goths
either. I met one (again on the 7-11) tonight whilst uphilling past
Scott Paper in New West. I could see this thing that vaguely looked
like a dark figure standing on the path a hundred meters ahead or so,
but the perspective was wrong. It was a young man, standing very still,
fully dressed in black, skateboarding down a longish not too steep
(sorry no math tonight!) grade. In the late dusk it was wierd figgering
out what he was.
We can bite into global warming another time.
Don't work too hard!
Bernie
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>I was also reminded how if I ride in near freezing temps
>and then take my gloves off, the heat flies out of them
>real fast. Sticking hands back into cold gloves almost
>ain't worth it.
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>And I've gotta remember to take more Kleenex (Kleeneces?)
>with me. It's runny-nose season now. For me, anyways.
>
>>Where is the FABulous one?
>>:-}
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>It's the "off" season <w>
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>cheers,
> Tom
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