walking

 

Tuesday I drove the Honda 60km to Glenora staging area beside the Trans Canada Trail

Labels: cowichan, izip

 

Thursday I drove the Benz to Langford BC from our home in Victoria.

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Evo Bike Share (created by BCAA) held an official launch of their rental programs near Langford City Hall.

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I like to support ant local business trying to improve local transportation. To this end I subscibed to the now-defunct U-bike program in the city of Victoria bak in the day and have been a subsciberto Evo Car Share for a couple of years.

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Although I own two ebikes (a mid-drive and a hub-drive) I will use the Langford Evo units as an alternative to my cycling in that area. It will save me a 12km ride (24km roundtrip) from home to be able to pick up a ride right in Langford.

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I've riden that distance so many times I'm done with it!

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The Evo ebikes bikes are quite revolutionary in that they have no gears to change; one simply starts pedalling and the built-in computer figures the res out for the rider.

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After riding on leval surfaces for about ten minutes, I've concluded the bike woul not fare well on hills.

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These bikes are reportedly hub-drive but don't act like hub-drives. They aredead-stick — no power at all — until eh pedal is pushed down with great effort to energize it.

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This is remiscent of my mid-drive Del Sol ebike. You don't pedal you don't go.

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I have not riden my mid-drive ebike since buying my hub-drive bike over two years ago. The hub-drive has a throttle button and just a touch of it launches one forward with ease and then lets the pedalling begin. Much nicer at 88yrs of age.

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Labels: ebike, langford

 

About the Galloping Goose Regional Trail in Colwood.

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The Galloping Goose Regional Trail (GGT) is a picturesque multi-use trail that runs through the heart of Colwood as it follows the old railway line on its 55km journey from Victoria to Sooke.

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The trail, which is owned and maintained by the Capital Regional District, attracts thousands of users every day. From March 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025 a total of 270,077 pedestrians and cyclists have passed the automated counter on the Galloping Goose Regional Trail near Wale Road.

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The new Colwood Gateway Bridge will allow for a safe, seamless connection that encourages more residents and visitors to travel in and around Colwood on foot or by bike, supporting the City's goals for improved health and well being, easing traffic congestion, improving air quality, and reducing our climate impact.

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Labels: colwood, overpass

 

After viewing a photo in the Times Colonist I just had to drive out and look for myself.

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Firstly, I drove to the original location where the the mammoths resided at the time they were vandalized.

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Once again The Locals came to my rescue by statating the All-new scultures are within 100 metres of the entrance from Metchosin Road. That is: right adjacent to the road.

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Labels: viewroyal