Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
then what happens in oakville? or is it a round about route back to kipling? i made an agreement with the wife when i started randonneuring that i wouldn't ride saturdays (because sundays rides last many hours) but this being a long weekend perhaps i can fanagle something...
what's group like. are they able to ride in a pack / form a paceline?
Some of the slower riders from teh bus but the faster guys are all strung out on the road. If we have enough people we should do our own pack/paceline.
Oh right!
man, i thought i was a night owl. that's what being a student does to you, eh operator?
Darned exams. My sleep shedule is all over the place, 2am is earliest, I slept at 7am this morning.
Whoa, is that a photoshop or did you really h4x0r the sign like some dude with the GO Train "Stephen Harper eats babies thing?"
ps. arseholes who claimed to be interested in going to the velodrome: please respond to my previous post about confirming June 10 as a day to head out there. Here's the list:
I'll get back to you in a week. There's supposed to be a wedding or something I hope there's beer.
The Hubby and I are considering doing a ride to Niagara Falls this summer, but we're having trouble finding information about the route (ie. best route to take, road condition, time frame, ride profile, etc).
Here's the route i took, BAH way to crash google maps API, you suck. Anyways it's basically like Jeremy said. Lakeshore rd all the way to Hamilton and a bit past it, then North service road all the way east until you hit St. Catharines. After that I have no idea as I stopped in teh hick town.
Road condition wise. Lakeshore is alright. North service road is also fine. Lakeshore gets narrow going from kipling to Hamilton, 2 lane road only so you may want to detour north or something, I wanted a direct route so no go with that.
Also the stretch of north service road can also be replaced by climbing the escarpment to the south and then doing some funky stuff with the roads in there - I didn't do that because I needed a direct route.
Also that 60km stretch to niagara falls once you turn east on south shore of Lake O. is the most boring piece of **** you'll ever see. Ride profile is that it's all flat, and you'll be eating wind either on the way to Hamilton or on the way to Niagara. Depending on which direction (T.O -> Hamilton = 90km, Hamilton -> Niagara = 50-70km), you'll suffer, or not.
North service road has a giant wall on the south edge but otherwise it's open, meaning wind in your facez0r.
Edit: trolling downtown bike stores before the ride. Er nevermind, thunderstorm watch. GG