RE: [obc] Champlain Bridge Paint

2002-08-14 Thread Knight, Ross
Only one person has metioned the expansion joints. Some are good and some are very bad. Bad as in they are wide apart. Your bike tire hits hard and if you are pulling a 50 lb kid in a trailer you hit really hard. HArd enough that her neck gets joilted to the point where complaints

RE: [obc] Champlain Bridge Paint

2002-08-14 Thread Bent, Alan
I would like to chime in that the expansion joints are a pain (and I use the bridge twice daily). Some of them have filler strips to bridge the gap but some others (especially on the south side) do not. Who do we complain to - the NCC? On the whole, the new bridge is way ahead of the old

[obc] champlain bridge bike lanes

2002-08-14 Thread Michael Coldwell
I much rather the bike lanes. I have now riden the lanes a few times, and no gravel has accumulated, and how it would magically appear is beyond me - there are no gravel entries to the bridge - so a dump truck would have to do some dirty work. The lack of bike lanes will not somehow teach

Re: [obc] Looking for drive back from Provincial Time Trial Sunday

2002-08-14 Thread Allan Anderson
maybe --- I'll be in Toronto until Sunday afternoon. If you don't get any better offer - let me know, as I will have to stick the bike rack on the car. ~Allan A. Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - For list

(Fwd) RE: (Fwd) Re: [obc] Champlain Bridge

2002-08-14 Thread Tom Trottier
For Your Information , tOM --- Forwarded message follows --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: (Fwd) Re: [obc] Champlain Bridge Date sent: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:05:53 -0400 On behalf of the

[obc] messy bike lane coming off northbound Champlain Bridge ramp

2002-08-14 Thread Roger Guillemette
Hello, I really appreciate all the work you've done in improving cycling access across the Champlain Bridge. The glass and gravel which had accumulated on the northbound bike lane was cleared up at the start of the week to my satisfaction and to that of many other cyclists I trust. One area on

[obc] Vermont Stage Race - Aug 30- Sept 2

2002-08-14 Thread Doug Corner
I have a kitchen pass to go to the Green Mountain stage race in Vermont at the end of the month. Is anybody else planning to attend and is there a possibility of sharing transportation and/or accomodation? I plan to leave early Friday a.m. I was there for just the Sunday race last year and can