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Four-season cycling in Victoria, British Columbia

January 12, 2012

Victoria, British Columbia, holds the distinction of being Canada’s Caribbean. Situated below the 49th Parallel (48°38’50.010″ N) that demarcates most of the southern border between Canada and the United states, the balmy shores of southern Vancouver Island enjoys some of the most temperate of Temperate Zone weather. Temperatures Daily temperatures rise above 30°C on an [...]

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What’s your dream bike?

January 9, 2012

I am not a bike geek. This claim is a hard sell to those who know and ride with me, or note the number of bikes in my collection. Kent Peterson rides his dream bike (click to enlarge) But I repeated the claim on Saturday with a comment on a thought-provoking post on Kent Peterson’s [...]

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Introducing Super Dave, handlebar mascot

January 5, 2012

Super Dave It occurred to me the other day, as I was preparing my Marinoni Ciclo for the new year, that I’ve never introduced you to my handlebar mascot, Super Dave. Dave has been riding with me for almost twenty years. In the early nineties, I’d often cycle down Vancouver Island to meet a group [...]

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Painting by numbers

January 1, 2012

And I’ll see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that’s why I love you So don’t be afraid to let them show ~Cyndi Lauper Planning and executing an adventure, whether a bicycle ride or the greater journey of life, can be seen in the same light as creating a painting. [...]

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VeloWeb: the best of 2011, and all the best for 2012

December 31, 2011

Hill Street, Warwick by Frank Patterson) What will you be doing to celebrate the New Year? I’ll be performing the same ritual as last year, and the year before, and …. Tomorrow, I’ll roll out a few kilometres to re-assert my dedication to the best invention to come out of the industrial revolution. Looking back [...]

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Space hustlers stalk the Lions of winter

December 29, 2011

Preparing for lift-off (click to enlarge)   In comparison with the ancient form of heroism … the modern version, as an isolated expression of individual courage, may appear almost empty, almost gratuitous. The hero of today may thus indeed seem a knight of nothingness, a conquistador of the useless ….” Walter Bonatti, The Great Days [...]

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