Re: Is heart rate a good measure of fat burning? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

12-26-2006, 06:52 PM

In article <W_djh.514037$5R2.193357@pd7urf3no>,
"nash" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>>>>Not everyone lives in Vancouver, you know.
>
> What is that suppose to mean? I said I thought BB lived in Vancouver.
> Show of hands who lives in Vancouver Proper.

I do. But I think Vancouver Proper is pretty much a
typical North American city for riding in. Not bad,
but improvements could be made. As long as they're
the /right/ improvements, rather than a bunch of lip
service and white paint slap-dashed on the streets.

Getting around the city is pretty easy. It's getting
out to the neighbouring municipalities that becomes
problematic. Especially where bridges are concerned.

I have yet to try the Queensborough Bridge since they
fixed it so drivers are less likely to run into
pedestrians & cyclists.

Incidentally, I just travelled along the Fraser Canyon
Highway over the holidays, and noticed the tunnels now
have cyclist pushbuttons. I guess pushing the button
somehow warns drivers there's a cyclist in the tunnel.

cheers,
Tom

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12-26-2006, 09:53 PM

"Tom Keats" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> In article <W_djh.514037$5R2.193357@pd7urf3no>,
> "nash" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>>>>>Not everyone lives in Vancouver, you know.
>>
>> What is that suppose to mean? I said I thought BB lived in Vancouver.
>> Show of hands who lives in Vancouver Proper.
>
> I do. But I think Vancouver Proper is pretty much a
> typical North American city for riding in. Not bad,
> but improvements could be made. As long as they're
> the /right/ improvements, rather than a bunch of lip
> service and white paint slap-dashed on the streets.
>
> Getting around the city is pretty easy. It's getting
> out to the neighbouring municipalities that becomes
> problematic. Especially where bridges are concerned.
>
> I have yet to try the Queensborough Bridge since they
> fixed it so drivers are less likely to run into
> pedestrians & cyclists.
>
> Incidentally, I just travelled along the Fraser Canyon
> Highway over the holidays, and noticed the tunnels now
> have cyclist pushbuttons. I guess pushing the button
> somehow warns drivers there's a cyclist in the tunnel.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
> --
> Nothing is safe from me.
> Above address is just a spam midden.
> I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

Awwwh, That is disappointing, you mean you didn't cycle the FC highway? No
great stories and photos for us then? Too bad.
SN

12-26-2006, 10:30 PM

In article <KTnkh.533511$R63.476225@pd7urf1no>,
"nash" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

>> Incidentally, I just travelled along the Fraser Canyon
>> Highway over the holidays, and noticed the tunnels now
>> have cyclist pushbuttons. I guess pushing the button
>> somehow warns drivers there's a cyclist in the tunnel.

> Awwwh, That is disappointing, you mean you didn't cycle the FC highway? No
> great stories and photos for us then? Too bad.

Not this time. It would have been snowbound, but for the
gravel trucks' droppings. I got a ride with my nephew
up to my brother's place and back, up at Walhachin/Savona.

But I seriously eyeballed the route. Especially over
the instep of Jackass Mtn. It truly was unridable,
with snow plowed & piled into the shoulders where
cyclists are legally compelled to ride. Boston Bar
was frightfully fogbound as per usual.

I've ridden as far as Hope in the long ago past. That
was with overnight stops in Mission, and before the new
Mission Bridge was built.

I loathe the Fraser Canyon. It makes me feel like
I'm clamped in a vice, and it squeezes my shoulders in.
I don't have any great compulsion to ride it. The
Kettle Valley RR Trail parallels much of it. Offshoot
trails can get you up to Spence's Bridge and other
far-flung places, but they traverse Native reserves,
so getting permission beforehand would be called-for.
I don't know how easy or difficult it would be to get
such permission.

If you're ever up at Cache Creek, check out Bill Ma's
Restaurant. Chinese smorgasbord on the cheap.

I have yet to pop into the Oasis Hotel (TJ's Pub)
for a brewskie.

cheers,
Tom

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