My experiences with transit and cycling in Toronto were almost uniformly overwhelmingly positive. If only it wasn’t so cold there, I’d totally want to live there. When I first arrived, I got a GO bus and then the TTC subway into downtown Toronto. This had two complications. One, GO and TTC are different systems, so […]
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Ride report: Saturday 2 — Longest ride without a long break
DST: 33.7 (target 34) AVS: 13.5 (eh) MXS: 32.4 (don’t know – on Cañada somewhere I think) Ride time: 2:29 Total time: 2:45 My route today is really too long to describe because I did some squirrelly things to add distance and interest, but the main streets were: Santa Cruz (via Menlo neighborhoods) > Junipero […]
First “brisk” ride
I’m trying not to post all my W2W stuff on here — I have a separate training diary that I keep on the back of my door. But today’s ride was kind of interesting. It was the first ride of the “brisk” rides. The training program indicates rides as “Easy”, “Pace”, or “Brisk”. These aren’t […]
tying together two themes of my life lately
I’ve been to or known of a lot of weddings of people I know this year, including two in June (both lovely, and very different). Thus I was charmed to find my interest in transit combined with this recent swell in weddings in Annie’s post about a couple traveling to their own wedding on the […]
Ride report: First W2W weekend training ride
Ride stats: DST: 29.8 (target 30) AVS: 14.7 (go me, target was really around 14) MXS: 30.7 (Woodside descent) Ride time: 2:01 Total time: 2:30 Route: Laurel > Valparaiso > Alameda > Woodside > Cañada to 92, back the same route except Valparaiso > Middlefield > Willow > Alma > Burgess to add a bit […]
Phone purchase
I bought a new phone today! I decided to go with the LG Dare, in the end. The reviews came out mostly positive, and I was getting feedback that the enV2 and the Voyager weren’t as good in various respects, so I decided to take the risk. It’s exciting so far, though I have plenty […]
Followup: gas in Canada
I have quite a bit to say about Canada, but just as a quick followup to my last post, gas was indeed very expensive. I was lucky enough to be able to borrow a car from my relatives, but my side trip of 194 km (120 mi) one way (so 240 miles total) cost CDN$73.30 […]
US/CDN equality
I called my credit union today to ask them about their policy for exchange rates and fees on my credit and ATM cards for Canada (I’ll be traveling there tomorrow through July 8). Their policy is the same it was last summer, when I went to Vancouver — 1% surcharge, market-rate exchange, and extra ATM […]
Two species of ride report
Ride report 1, this morning’s ride: Portola Loop, backwards from usual (Santa Cruz > Alpine > Portola > Sand Hill). DST: 17.5mi AVS: 13.9mph MXS: 39mph according to the computer, but I think really about 32-33mph Time: 1:15 riding time (about 1:25 total) I had a really wonderful ride this morning. I decided to go […]
Navigating the world of new phones
My Verizon “new every two” thing keeps showing up in my mail in recent months — I think it started last year sometime, but I’ve been resisting. However, the BlueAnt V1 is coming out soon! And I have been helping to test the tech in them at work* (and may eventually get one), so it […]