Stronger

I bought a bike back in June and have been riding it around downtown ever since, mostly to get to work and back home. I can now get to work in about 10 minutes, faster than if I ride the bus.

Two weekends ago, Lyndsay and I did a cycling tour of the Sunshine Coast. We took the ferry to Langdale on Saturday morning, then cycled about 30 km to Sechelt. The purpose of the trip was to attend a wedding reception, and unfortunately we missed most of it due to the longer than anticipated time it took to get to Sechelt.

Because it was starting to get dark after the reception and we would be riding on a highway with no streetlights, we threw our bikes on a shuttle and took the shuttle to Roberts Creek (about halfway back to the ferry), stayed in a B&B overnight, then rode the remaining 15 km back to the ferry terminal on Sunday. We went up and down many hills. I looked at Google Map's terrain prior to the trip and noted all the hills I might encounter, but those were only the super-big inclines and declines. There were many smaller ones that I didn't see on the map.

Here's a map of the Saturday trip, which took about 4 hours. The Sunday return trip took about 1.5 hours.

Since that trip, I've noticed that it's just a bit easier to bike around, especially going up the same hill on my way home from work. I don't have to gear down as far to avoid fatiguing myself.

In just over a week, I'll be moving out of my home and living in West Point Grey. My plan is to bike to work in the morning (~45 min and mostly downhill) and ride the bus back home with the bike on the bus' bike rack, at least for as long as the weather holds out.