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Simon96Taco · 04-10-2017, 01:10 PM

I like this thread.

I'd like to start biking to work soon (from Fairmount Drive/Southland to downtown) again, but it's been just a tad too chilly for me so far. I'm not a great cyclist and a bit of a wimp with the cold. I'd love to be one of those year round guys, but I'm just not there yet.

I typically ride across Macleod, up through Kingsland, past Chinook, through Windsor Park and then join the Elbow River pathway around Stanley Park. That makes for an approximately 12.5km ride or so, each way. A fair bit of that is on roads. A more scenic and preferable ride is if I follow Southland Drive down to the dog park, then follow the Bow River pathway the whole way in. Much less on-road biking this way, but it ends up being considerably farther, at 20+km each way. I wish there was a better bike-path route through the city that could get me there!

Need to get my road bike down off the wall and give it a once over so she's ready!

04-10-2017, 01:10 PM	#4403
Simon96Taco Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Calgary Exp:	I like this thread. I'd like to start biking to work soon (from Fairmount Drive/Southland to downtown) again, but it's been just a tad too chilly for me so far. I'm not a great cyclist and a bit of a wimp with the cold. I'd love to be one of those year round guys, but I'm just not there yet. I typically ride across Macleod, up through Kingsland, past Chinook, through Windsor Park and then join the Elbow River pathway around Stanley Park. That makes for an approximately 12.5km ride or so, each way. A fair bit of that is on roads. A more scenic and preferable ride is if I follow Southland Drive down to the dog park, then follow the Bow River pathway the whole way in. Much less on-road biking this way, but it ends up being considerably farther, at 20+km each way. I wish there was a better bike-path route through the city that could get me there! Need to get my road bike down off the wall and give it a once over so she's ready!