Hans on the Bike - 15 years of blogging

Reading Time: 5 minutes As we turn on the Thousand Islands Parkway from Gananogue, we notice two police cars with their lights flashing. One of the cops is walking in the grass. As we get closer, we noticed he has a carbon race bike in his hands, mangled. Was it a collision, or did a bike just fall off a car? We will never know.

Reading Time: 5 minutes When I was writing my blog post about the short lived Ottawa – New York Central Railway, I noticed that part of the former tracks were paved between Russell and Embrun, Ontario and baptised as the New York Central Fitness Trail. Time to check it out.

Reading Time: 7 minutes Last week, Maria, the owner of Escape Tours, invited me for a short kayak trip on the Ottawa River. Here are our experiences.

Reading Time: 4 minutes On August 4, 2024 the Bicycle Craft Brewery in Ottawa hosts a Bikes + Beer pop up in Ottawa featuring sales of used Dutch bikes. But what makes a Dutch bike Dutch nowadays?

Reading Time: 2 minutes On August 30-31, 2024, Joerg Esleben, Associate Professor, on behalf of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures organises a Cycling film festival at the University of Ottawa. This event will be the festival’s first North American screening.

Reading Time: 8 minutes In June I attended the CARSP road safety conference. Road safety covers many facets, more than you realise sometimes, from impaired driving to road designs and from drivers education to child seats. Here are some more observations from the conference.

Reading Time: 3 minutes CycleMORE, the Mississippi and Ottawa Rivers Experience will hold a short ceremony to launch the region’s newest 200 kilometer cycle route at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 29th. Cyclists will begin an inaugural ride from the parking lot of Hummingbird Chocolate in Almonte.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Yesterday, People for Bikes in the USA released its annual city rankings for cycling safety progress. Ottawa is gradually improving its score and so do other Canadian cities. Let’s have a look at some data.

Reading Time: 9 minutes Older adults are a growing population and a vulnerable road user population. In Ontario in 2010, pedestrians over 65 years of age accounted for a strikingly disproportionate share of accidental pedestrian fatalities. Pedestrians over 65 years old accounted for 36% of the fatalities but comprised 13.2% of the population.

Reading Time: 6 minutes It has been a long time coming and part of the time the bridge was just sitting there in place. But since yesterday we can now enjoy a shortcut across the Rideau River at Carleton University, avoiding Billing’s bridge. Read the full story.