James D. Wilson wrote: ... snip .... > 28 TH May in SUNNY, WARM weather 22 cyclist did a almost all bike path > route into Gatineau Park. > > We took the bike path from Billings Bridge to the old City Hall. then > crossed the MacDonald Cartier Bridge on the bike path (sidewalk), then > took the Bike path under the Lady Aberdeen Bridge crossing Boul. De La > Cite des Jeunes. at the fork in the bike path we turned South to > Promenade De La Gatineau were we used the road to Bould. Tache. > > the Slower group passed the faster group at on point and caught up to > them at least three times once at the Dairy Queen were we were going to > take refreshments but the line-ups were so long that we choose to carry > on. > We crossed back into Ottawa at the Chadiere Bridge and used Preston and > Queen Elizabeth Driveway and Bank St. to return to Billings Bridge. > > As this is a very hilly route we had to stop a few times to allow > cyclist to catch up. and the only fault that I noticed is that after > passing the faster group in the park they again took the lead passing us > at a speed that I would consider a little fast for a bike path.were you > never know what is around a corner. > James D. Wilson wrote: ... snip ... > 28 TH May in SUNNY, WARM weather 22 cyclist did a almost all bike path > route into Gatineau Park. > > We took the bike path from Billings Bridge to the old City Hall. then > crossed the MacDonald Cartier Bridge on the bike path (sidewalk), then > took the Bike path under the Lady Aberdeen Bridge crossing Boul. De La > Cite des Jeunes. at the fork in the bike path we turned South to > Promenade De La Gatineau were we used the road to Bould. Tache. > > the Slower group passed the faster group at on point and caught up to > them at least three times once at the Dairy Queen were we were going to > take refreshments but the line-ups were so long that we choose to carry > on. > We crossed back into Ottawa at the Chadiere Bridge and used Preston and > Queen Elizabeth Driveway and Bank St. to return to Billings Bridge. > > As this is a very hilly route we had to stop a few times to allow > cyclist to catch up. and the only fault that I noticed is that after > passing the faster group in the park they again took the lead passing us > at a speed that I would consider a little fast for a bike path.were you > never know what is around a corner. >
Personally, I don't think that paths are suitable for group rides. There is evidence which is generally accepted by municipal authorities (although apparently not the NCC) that mixed use paths increase the risk of an incident. I would like to hear what others think. > ..... ------------------------------------------------- For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ------------------------------------------------- ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
