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Originally Posted by Northendzone
i was riding home yesterday SE along the bow. as i passed under the bridge for 17th ave i was forced to make an emergency stop as a fellow rider who was coming down from 17th decided that he needed to make a left turn in front of me. he should ahve yileded to me, as his path ended and he had to make a turn
hope he got his strava kom.......
my office is at 5th and 5th and i have to admit i really hate the commute home until i pass under the 17th ave bridge. dealing with traffic from my office and then going down either second or third to snake my way back to the bow river pathway, you then need to dodge all the pedestrians and other cyclists along the river until you get to inglewood.....then as you go further along the river, the path winds with obstructed views and inevitably you get a pair of cyclists coming around a blind corner riding side by side without a care in the world. part of my ride will improve once the pathway thru eau claire is open again as that will cut off a few painful blocks of navigating the downtown streets
of course all that being said, riding is still better than driving in my tin coffin.......
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I rarely take the path east of Fort Calgary for that reason, just jump on 8th all the way to the end and then take 9th to the bird sanctuary, much more relaxing