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Lisa Stokes

Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus

  • #2018ErieOdyssey – Day 1 – Greg’s Ride

    I awoke feeling the worst of my cold is behind me, packed my last few things and my husband drove me to David and Dayle’s house. Wayne was already there. We loaded the last few things, took a picture and headed out. The morning was bright, clear and cool. A perfect day to ride.…

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  • #2018ErieOdyssey – More Prep

    #2018ErieOdyssey – Prep (in case you missed it) As I started pulling things together last night (Friday), I realized I was missing a couple things. I have so many things that need charging with micro USB cables – phone, camera, front and rear bike lights and two portable batteries – and I could only…

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  • #2018ErieOdyssey – Prepation

    Last year I cycled home from Ottawa with a group of six others. It was an amazing trip. If you wish, you can read a summary I wrote for the Ontario Traffic Council’s quarterly magazine, or you can read the daily posts starting here. You can navigate through the posts from oldest to newest…

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  • Etobicoke Creek Trail: Kennedy Road to Mid-Way/Dixie

    The Etobicoke Creek Trail has recently been expanded from east of Kennedy to Mount Charles Park in Mississauga. The path is prepared for paving which is expected to happen in October 2018. The red line on the map below shows the route. The line between the two downward pointing arrows is the section awaiting…

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  • Question: Have Bike Trough Installers Ever seen a 3D Bike?

    Today, I went back to the new section of the Etobicoke Creek Trail south of Eglinton to check out how one exits at Eglinton, which could be very useful for a multi-modal trip as the trail at that point is about half way between two Mississauga Transitway stations. Rather than riding there from my…

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  • Etobicoke Creek Trail: Mid-Way/Dixie to Lake Ontario

    Today I cycled the Etobicoke Creek Trail, from Mid-Way/Dixie to Lake Ontario, with eight fellow cyclists, one of whom I have known since Grade 7, the rest who I have met through cycling advocacy, community rides and cyclists I know introducing me to other cyclists. It was a hot, humid day, but some sections of…

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  • Beating Fitbit at the Planned Obsolescence Game

    About three years ago we bought a Fitbit Aria scale for $170 Canadian plus tax.  We had a scale that we had had for many years, and that still worked, but the allure of a scale that not only measured mass, but also calculated body fat percentage and BMI, and sent it to your…

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  • #OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – OTC Magazine Summary

    The following is a summary of our trip written for the Ontario Traffic Council‘s quarterly magazine. Past issues are no longer online so I am sharing the summary here. Last fall, as members of the Brampton Cycling Advisory Committee and BikeBrampton chatted after a committee meeting, I overheard John Van West and David Laing…

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  • Back to Ottawa – December 3&4

    After a relaxing morning with breakfast in the apartment, we walked to Second Cup for coffee. Owen was playing with my camera and took a picture of me.  I don’t get to be the subject very often in my family. Then we proceeded to the Canadian Museum of Nature –  a pleasant 20 minute…

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  • Back to Ottawa – December 2

    I’ve never lived in an apartment building so the occasional time I am up high I really enjoy the views. Today I watched workers at City Hall begin to lay down layers of ice on the circle at Centre-left with a fire hose like I used to do in Carabram Park.   We ate…

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