Best ride of all - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

11-04-2003, 07:29 PM

Just picked up my paycheque and some more work to do.
And hopefully eluded the landlady's visit while I was
gone; I need that cheque to cover my November rent.

Woo-hoo! Survival for another month. Well, shelter,
at least.

Anyhow, I got a nice, refreshing, refrigerator-temperature
little night ride in. Part of my route to my client/boss's
place is on a multi-user path. Gothic black seems to be
the current Fall Fashion colour, which I think is nutz.
With shorter fall days and more inclement weather, black
has to be absolutely the worst choice. I didn't have any
real trouble seeing these shadow people, but I sure found
myself being more alert about them. And will continue to
be, for the remainder of the dark seasons. Wearing black
in the fall. And at night, to boot. Pffftt.

And so, to work. (But first, a hot mug o' Maxwell House.)

cheers,
Tom

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11-05-2003, 01:56 AM

Tom Keats wrote:

>Just picked up my paycheque and some more work to do.
>And hopefully eluded the landlady's visit while I was
>gone; I need that cheque to cover my November rent.
>
>Woo-hoo! Survival for another month. Well, shelter,
>at least.
>
>Anyhow, I got a nice, refreshing, refrigerator-temperature
>little night ride in. Part of my route to my client/boss's
>place is on a multi-user path. Gothic black seems to be
>the current Fall Fashion colour, which I think is nutz.
>With shorter fall days and more inclement weather, black
>has to be absolutely the worst choice. I didn't have any
>real trouble seeing these shadow people, but I sure found
>myself being more alert about them. And will continue to
>be, for the remainder of the dark seasons. Wearing black
>in the fall. And at night, to boot. Pffftt.
>
>And so, to work. (But first, a hot mug o' Maxwell House.)
>
>
>cheers,
> Tom
>
I think I know the MUP you mean. I've (being lazy) been riding with an
amber front blinky and a red rear one. That means I'm visually
challenged. It works ok on city streets, and I don't have to wear my
helmet lamp.
Even the dog walkers are invisible - and the dogs are still on 20 foot
elastic leashes. I ride slow and watch carefully, and as usual they are
behaving like they are alone out there.
I feel like we are slipping downhill into lame rants about very little...
Where is the FABulous one?
:-}
Cheers, Bernie

>

11-05-2003, 11:25 AM

"Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> Just picked up my paycheque and some more work to do.
> And hopefully eluded the landlady's visit while I was
> gone; I need that cheque to cover my November rent.
>
> Woo-hoo! Survival for another month. Well, shelter,
> at least.
>
> Anyhow, I got a nice, refreshing, refrigerator-temperature
> little night ride in. Part of my route to my client/boss's
> place is on a multi-user path. Gothic black seems to be
> the current Fall Fashion colour, which I think is nutz.
> With shorter fall days and more inclement weather, black
> has to be absolutely the worst choice. I didn't have any
> real trouble seeing these shadow people, but I sure found
> myself being more alert about them. And will continue to
> be, for the remainder of the dark seasons. Wearing black
> in the fall. And at night, to boot. Pffftt.
>
> And so, to work. (But first, a hot mug o' Maxwell House.)

Maxwell House??? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Oh, the horror...oh, the humanity.....etc., etc.

>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
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11-05-2003, 07:09 PM

Tom Keats wrote:

>In article <3FA8C947.6020306@mouse-potato.com>,
> Bernie <bmcilvan@mouse-potato.com> writes:
>
>>I think I know the MUP you mean.
>>
>
>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.
>
Me too

>
>
>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.
>
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.

>
>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.
>
>...
>
>>I feel like we are slipping downhill into lame rants about very little...
>>
>
>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'.
>

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

>
>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.
>
>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?
>>:-}
>>
>
>It's the "off" season <w>
>
>
>cheers,
> Tom
>