For those who are looking at male/female ratios, I did a quick calculation on my 17-km commute, a long commute mostly against traffic. The morning trip was between 7:40 and 8:30 a.m., and the evening trip was between 4:45 and 5:50 p.m.


........................ Morning ......... Evening
.......................Males Females .. Males Females
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TOTAL (17 km) ............ 70 .. 50 ..... 137 .. 105


Urban section (6 km) ..... 25 .. 25 ...... 53 .. 62
(St-Laurent/St-Urbain
and Ontario)

J. Cartier bridge (3,2 km) 41 .. 25 ...... 82 .. 43

Suburbia (8,5 km) ......... 4 ... 1 ....... 2 ... 4
(Longueuil-Brossard)




It's rather interesting to note that there seem to be more males on the longer commute (on the bridge) and that those who come from the South Shore all seem to come from the Old Longueuil and its vicinity. As soon as one reaches pure suburbia, the heard thins like magic.

The weather was ideal today. Numbers get lower when the weather isn't as good, but in 10 months, I have always seen at least 15 or 20 cyclists.

As a footnote, I really saw a chick this morning!
The guy (I think he was) was wearing a clown suit that looked a bit like a chicken.