On climbing rattle snake with images

We went to Rattlesnake point again. The route is close enough to what we did last week that I will not bother publishing it here. I will however publish a bunch of pictures from that ride. I am easy to spot, here is a big hint, I wore my bright red booties, and my feet were nice and warm the whole ride. Can you see me? I am fifth from the far right, by that time I had loaded my bike up, someone else gave me a ride home. I promised Lesley we would see a musical that day so I had to get a lift. Its the second time I have done that and yes, I feel really guilty about it.


I needed to shave.
Appleby Line, at Britannia Rd.
I think this must be on Lakeshore road, but it seems awfully bright given the time of day, maybe this was during the ride home?
Notice I am pulling the pack, I am pleased to report I was able to pull my share this weekend.



Yes, the booties do not work with the BCC kit. That said I have a red Cannondale jacket and black shorts that work pretty well, it even matches the colour scheme of my bike.
I honestly feel like I am wearing my pajamas when I am on the saddle with all that stuff. (Maybe because pajamas are comfortable?)

Anyway the day before I went for a little tour of roads north of the city. Here is the route I took.

20081011-RideToNewmarket

http://www.bikely.com/

If you want a nice 120km ride this is a pretty good one, except if you have the time, I would suggest taking 10'th line (Reesor Road) south all the way in and then Guildwood, it is a much nicer road. That said, on Kennedy road, around Elgin Mills a pack of four cyclists blasted past the two of us (my neighbour came out with me on Saturday morning.) I started spinning hard to catch up, surprisingly I did not have any trouble, for all the show these guys did of being faster than us, they were not very strong. They said they were not in an organized group ride, which is probably the smartest thing to have said, otherwise I'd know exactly which bike club to make merciless fun of.

This Saturday is the Toronto bike show I want two things, a set of pedals, that are compatible with the Ultegra's on Erin, for the Coppi. Also I need to start looking at bike racks for the car. Yes, I feel really guilty about that but in my defence, in winter when I go to the spinning studio I don't want to ride Erin through snow and slush. Also, Lesley is willing to ride with me, if we drive out of the city first.

Speaking of which, Monday afternoon I took Lesley, in the car, out to Rattlesnake and drove up it. She was pretty impressed that I had biked up it, three times now!