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Old 03-16-08 | 06:22 PM
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veteran_youth
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Hey whadyaknow? I did a Sunday ride and mapped it too! (the gmap was almost as intense as the ride)

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1705617

Puttin' the CX fixie to work. Tried scouting a little bit in the Don, and serendipitously ended up riding/hiking in knee deep snow around a golf course. (BTW did you know that the greens are SHOVELED and AERATED on at least that particular municipal golf course? I hope they are turning a profit because otherwise that is bull*****. Anyway, I rode across them both out of spite and because they weren't covered in knee deep snow)

I came to the conclusion that big knobby tires are good. They allowed me a greater margin of error in determining whether or not puddles were actually potholes. And also they allowed me to rip down a decent chunk of the Belt Line.

Slow going though. The whole thing took me about 3.5hrs, although at least a half hour of that was spent trudging around Donalda and having a smoke/puff.

Gotta start doing some more of these rides. Wes, how you feel about getting Roger dirty? Icebreaker training!

Andrew

EDIT: I was informed that Donalda GC is actually private. But shovelling the greens is still messed up.

Last edited by veteran_youth; 03-16-08 at 07:38 PM. Reason: Innacurate information
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