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Rural-Urban Fringe: July 2014

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Strumey Archer Hub. At Last. Needless to say I have had the hub in place for quite some time. For those who remain interested, here are my thoughts. It is a two-speed, kickback hub. It looks like a single-speed but isn't. You need either horizontal drops, or a chain tensioner. I am fortunate that the Pake has drops that work as I do not prefer the look of a tensioner. The gear ratio is perfect for my purposes, although wh...

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Rural-Urban Fringe: Ride for Refuge 2013

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Saturday, October 05, 2013. Ride for Refuge 2013. It's the same route every year, but a nice one. The skies were a bit dull and it didn't rain, so that's a bonus, but I think it dulled some of the colour on the trees. My work is one of the partners of the Ride and that means people can choose to raise money on our behalf. In fact, we managed over 15k for the shelter where I work. I'll have some better photo's later but for now I defer to the GoPro.

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Rural-Urban Fringe: The Music in My Head

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Sunday, September 08, 2013. The Music in My Head. A quick errand is fun and simple but regardless of whether its a long ride or minutes there's often a tune recycling through my head. The launch bay as amateurishly recorded via GoPro. Last of the lovely days? Here are two clues. See if you can guess the tune and/or the artist without doing a web search. 1 - I'm a 60's, 70's and 80's sort of guy. Not too. Much use for 90's music. September 09, 2013.

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Rural-Urban Fringe: Leisure Ride with Friends - Back on the Bicycle

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Sunday, September 29, 2013. Leisure Ride with Friends - Back on the Bicycle. I simply have not been riding. Between having a brutal head-cold, lack of motivation on cold mornings and needing a car at work to shuttle myself through a day of meetings I have found plenty of excuses. As I was slowly watching my waistline grow, my wife suggested we call some friends to get out and ride on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Great suggestion. I'm away for t...

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Rural-Urban Fringe: A Morning at the Cannon

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Sunday, September 15, 2013. A Morning at the Cannon. A friend flew in from Edmonton and wanted to meet up so I recommended the Cannon. He's quite a coffee connoisseur and gave their pour-over-style the thumbs up. I wish I had taken a shot of our breakfast sandwiches - they were pretty decadent as well. I got the GoPro rolling for the ride home and went a bit out of my way to have some fun. Not too many days like this left. I'm also beginning to th...

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Rural-Urban Fringe: October 2013

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Saturday, October 19, 2013. I have been coveting the Sturmey-Archer S2 Duomatic hub for two years. I love a streamlined look, and I have a less-is-more attitude for most things. An internally geared hub seems to meet the criteria. While I will not be able to use this Sturmey-Archer set-up for races like the Paris-to-Ancaster, or the Hilly Billy Roubaix, it should serve me very well for my flat, rural-urban commute. Saturday, October 05, 2013.

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Rural-Urban Fringe: May 2013

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Thursday, May 30, 2013. I have begun to gather the parts necessary for what I hope will be my one bike to rule them all. Today I started refitting the C'Mute. I have the Hilly Billy Roubaix in mind, but I really think that this set-up will be accommodating for every situation I encounter on a bicycle. To start, I had to strip things down. It was a great day to move the stand outside. All taped up and looking good! New 9-speed cassette on the back.

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Rural-Urban Fringe: July 2013

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Monday, July 29, 2013. The last three Monday night ultimate (frisbee) games have been at Redeemer College in Ancaster, but its a very enjoyable ride. First I climb the escarpment. In local vernacular we refer to the escarpment as the mountain. Once on top I cut through a wonderful community full of a variety of older and thoughtfully constructed homes . Next through the abandoned psychiatric complex. Then a stop at Olive and Kiwi's. Pranks make th...

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Rural-Urban Fringe: February 2013

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Living between city and country. Trying to do it by bike. Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Walking the Bear - my day with the Salsa Beargrease. Having rented such a wonderful bicycle for the day, I set out to fully enjoy it.  That meant some trail riding, but mostly it meant retracing the routes I commonly took growing up in Ottawa. Although the paths of my youth would look much different covered in a foot of snow, and some 30 years later, they absolutely succeeded in resurrecting a lot of good memories.