Toy Ride

Here are a few pictures of my Saturday Ride, November 20th. It was to be a Toy Ride that Escape Velocity Cycle Club puts on every year. Mother nature had other ideas. I decided to head out any way. It was a short ride, about 30k. There was about 2 inches of snow. Just enough to make it a little slick. Still it was nice to get out. The first picture is the Burrard Street Bridge looking South. Still a little slushy in the bike lane. The second picture is Jerico Park where the ride was to start. The third picture is my Redline R760. This is my winter bike. Seems to be collecting a lot of snow in the front fender. The last picture is the Lions Gate Bridge looking North to the North Shore. There was still at least 2 inches of snow on the sidewalk. I took it real slow on the down side. There was a city worker with a snow blower clearing the snow of the sidewalk. The City of Vancouver works crews were also out cleaning all the bike lanes. It was good to see all the snow being removed from the bike lanes as the temperature has dropped down to minis 9 with a wind chill of minis 17. Very cold but dry. Still see a few commuters battling the cold. Unseasonably cold for Vancouver.