Michael D'CostaI'm cycling in 2 weeks to raise money for kids' cancer care in Ottawa. Please donate if you can! #ottbike #cheo
https://cheofoundation.donordrive.com/participants/66326
https://cheofoundation.donordrive.com/participants/66326
Pete Anderson ๐ฒWe risked the forecast and won. Got to dinner and the show dry. Soaked when we got home, sure, but it was a fun #OttBike
Richard W. Woodley ๐จ๐ฆ๐น๐ดโโ๏ธEverybody congratulate me. I was sure I was going to be either over or under dressed for today's #ottbike ride but I got the layers right. We did a slightly different route today, a variation on the ponds route through Bridlewood, Glen Cairn and Stittsville. We were pleasantly surprised by a couple of newly paved connections between pathways When we got home the duck was back on the pool for first time this spring, He took off before we got a photo but they usually hang around for a few weeks every spring so await photos in a few days. I didn't have to use the #ebike assist but still glad I had it available.
-The Ottawa is rising. The New Orchard tunnel is flooded at the north end. I was on my little trucker and got wet feet, you might be ok on a normal adult sized bike. Detour up around to Richmond and then cross after the bridge and loop around if you want to avoid the water.
-Dry all along the main MUPs west to at least the greenbelt trail turn off.
-The detour around Watts Creek and Corkstown is a bit of a mess. Signage isn't clear but the road had no cars and that worked out.
-Greenbelt trail is crossed by seasonal streams especially on the north end, but totally passable.
-Rail trail west to Stittsville is fine. I hate the Kanata crossings but the city hates bikes so ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
That's as far as I went today. 50km round trip.
WTLSome #OttBike news; I suspect the Rideau River Eastern Pathway will flood a bit north of the O-Train bridge in a day or two, and the Voyageurs pathway is currently half-flooded in one spot between the Portage bridge and the Canadian Museum of History (AKA Civilization). I expect it will be fully flooded tomorrow or the day after.
A few weeks ago my boss asked me to switch my compressed day from Monday to Friday this week.
Today, from the vantage point of a patio at the turnaround point of a nice first long #OttBike ride from home and remembering Mondays soggyness, I have no regrets having agreed to the switch.
Charles A-M@mayintoronto yes but only because they're mainly #OttBike tw-tter diaspora, many of whom used to meet up semi-regularly in The Before Times. (I actually suggested it a while back but there wasn't much interest and I didn't try very hard)
#OttBike report: a bit soggy but so very smug.
Cassey LottmanCBC reports: Ottawa bike share will cost just 2% of Landsdowne 2.0 - a bargain!!
DeathByDenimArgh! So frustrating!
A driver ran a red light and hit this cyclist. That wasnโt enough for police to show up | CBC News
A cyclist who was struck by a vehicle while riding in a bike lane on Slater Street late last month says heโs frustrated with how Ottawa police responded when he called their non-emergency line to report the collision.