Category: Two Wheels Good

  • 2015 Rides

    My rides in 2015 were on my Giant Yukon until I bought a Trek FX 4 hybrid in July. After I had shifted some gear and installed a Bontrager cycling computer it became my main bike. My logged cycling distance was 885.5 Km. I had a few walks on the trails around Elk and Beaver…

  • 2014 Log

    I managed a number of rides in 2014, May to August, including rides in Winnipeg on my trip in July. My logged distance was 426.4 Km. I did my weekly walks on the trails around Elk and Beaver lakes most weeks. My logged distance was 356.9 Km.

  • 2013 Log

    I did not ride in 2013. I walked in the trails around the Elk and Beaver lakes weekly, except in August when I drove to Edmonton for that folk festival and in December when I had a trip east. My logged distance, on the regular walks, was 417.3 Km.

  • 2012 Log

    I continued my routine of walks and hikes in the park around Elk and Beaver lakes in 2012. I did not consistently enter distances in a log, and missed recording some walks I paddled (or steered) dragon boat at VCKC, April to August. I rode from April to June, and one short ride in December.…

  • 2011 Log

    I noted I paddled in a Voyageur canoe at VCKC on the Gorge on New Years Day. I noted a couple of hikes in January. I had a stroke in January. I was discharged from hospital in February. I noted my first ride March 20. On the first ride, I had a moment of instability…

  • 2010 Log

    My logged riding distance in 2010 was 704.3. I rode the Gian Yukon, with one ride logged on the road bike. I was paddling dragon boat and OC6 at VCKC. I started to log some hikes with some people from VCKC. I was getting distance and route on a Garmin handheld GPS. I had a…

  • 2009 Rides

    My logged distance in 2009 was 1085.9 Km. I had the crank arms on Giant Yukon changed. I had rides in Winnipeg at the end of June and in October (at Thanksgiving) on borrowed bikes. I was paddling dragon boats and outrigger canoes – OC6 – at VCKC. I went to folk festivals in Courtenay…

  • 2008 Rides

    In 2008 my logged rides were 804.4 km. I cycled to the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club for a dragon boat practice on 2 Saturdays in February and April, and to the GO Rowing Centre on the Upper Harbour for a day of dragon boat racing in March. My ride in Victoria were on my…

  • 2007 Rides

    In 2007 I used Cateye cycling computera to monitot my speed and distance, and kept a record of my trips. Most of my rides were on the Giant Yukon. A couple were on my old road bike, a Kuwahara Apollo. My recorded distance in 2007 was 1,384.2 kilometers. I road a century August 6, 2007…

  • Century

    The weather having been nice on Saturday, I sat down with John Crouch’s cycling book and planned a Sunday ride. I wasn’t sure I was up to a century ride, so I did not plan a pure out and back. I joined some loops that might add up about 80-90 k with the option of…