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Agreed with Shootingstar: it's a very good looking place, and the weather is not that bad if you like the rain (I LOVE the green so I can endure the rain), but it is a really expensive place to live in. Everything (not just accommodation) is more expensive. Childcare, supposedly, is one of the worst in Canada. Salaries, unfortunately, do not quite follow the cost of living. It's just a different mindset, paying about 50% of your income (or more) for rent.Quote:
Originally Posted by firenze11
Hmm, sounds like Vancouver is a good place to think about after I've established myself a little bit with a career and some money in the bank. I like the rain and the beauty appeals to me, maybe I can just visit for awhile and see where life takes me. I think I'm just a bit antsy to get out and start a new chapter.
It's a good idea about taking my bike on the train. I take Via all the time so that could work out well. I will be taking my cycling shoes with me since I know I can use them for spinning now.
Hello, everyone.
Another Canadian here - Northern Ontario - where the cycling season is way too short!
Welcome Serendipity. How far north are you from Toronto, that money-making centre of Canada? :) Are there some hardy local folks who cycle alot there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Serendipity
Actually, quite a ways from Toronto - I'm in Thunder Bay - around 1500 km and a world away from To.
Very active cycling group here; Club that I get out with when I can has weekly tour rides (mostly road bikes) although they do have some scheduled rides later in the season with routes more suitable for MTB. A couple other organized groups as well. Started commuting a couple of days a week and am surprised at the number of cyclists doing the same.
I'm rather envious of your more temperate climate and MUCH longer season in Vancouver - we're hoping for a long fall this year!
I've been Thunder Bay once in dead of winter for a short biz trip where I flew over snow-covered Lake Superior. Made me realize how large Ontario is.
That's great there is active cycling in your area. My partner did cycle through Thunder Bay on 1 of his cross-Canada bike trips.
...another Okanagan gal here...just moved to Penticton, BC :)
Is anyone looking for a training partner (am still fairly green though!)
:o
You're so lucky Nia. Penticton!! There's a lovely Ironman every year out of Penticton!!
I got to experience the Ironman for the first time this year (as bystander) and it was ust incredible! I think it is why i am so determined to get swimming! lol :) maybe in a few years..Quote:
Originally Posted by luvmypwds
Hello everyone!
I'm from Vancouver. Just found this website a few weeks ago. Great site!
Helen
Hello from another Vancouver girl. Cheers! And welcome to TE. Where do you like to ride?
I've been communting back and forth to work for the last 12 or so years now. The ride is only 20 mins each way but I love it... rain or snow. Recently, my BF bought me a road bike (Speicalized Ruby Elite) and thus is why I've been doing more research on websites such as this. Before, I had only hand me down tanks from my younger brother. So having such a light bike is heaven!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grog
I would love to do more longer rides. The longest one I've done so far is 50km with the MS bike Ride 10 years ago (yes, with the tanker bike). Now with the road bike, the longest I've done is only 42km. I would like to ride longer but I find the saddle is killing me. I just replaced the seat with a Jett today. I've heard good and bad things in this website regarding the Jett but my LBS suggest I give it a try for a week. I guess we'll see.
As to my favourite areas to ride, all I've really done is ride down to the seawall to Stanley Park and then loop back out to Point Grey and back home in east van. Have you got a good area you can recommend? I've heard some people said Richmond, but riding over the bridge looks scary.
Hey Buddha,
I'm going to send you a private message right now. (You can find your private messages at the top right of the any page while on the forum.)
Cheers.
been trying to read all the posts on this thread... i'm in mississauga (hence the name), ontario. looking for a local cycling club in the area too. I've emailed 2 groups already and no one has replied back. i wonder why? perhaps coz i asked how many women-members they have??? :D
i know, i know cycling season is almost over for the year, but i'm a stubborn and i'm going to ride till i'm covered in snow... this weekend looks promising though, sunny and just a little bit chilly... anyone living in the GTA area?
Hi there MG and welcome to TE!
Sorry I have no hints about the TO cycling scene tho'.
hi grog! i'm so glad i found this forum. learning so many new things already. i've been a leisure rider with my mountain bike for years now and decided to take that leap of faith to purchase my first road bike. I don't even have it home yet, coz it was a layaway plan (maybe by next month). so i'm really a newbie and reading all sorts of books and magazines to know more about how to train...Quote:
Originally Posted by Grog
You won't regret it, road bikes are so much fun to ride!Quote:
Originally Posted by mississaugagirl
What is that sweet bike you're waiting for?
a Trek 1000 WSD blue... I think I will visit her today... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Grog
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Originally Posted by mississaugagirl
I used to live and cycle in Toronto. (actually I lived in Scarborough with East Toronto, just across the street. :)) Cycling there was for nearly 10 years. Yea, Mississauga is friggin' sprawly..on a long ride homeward, as we chugged along the bike, I would think...when is Mississsauga gonna be over! I passed through your municipality when my partner and I did different touring rides to Hamilton, Orangeville, Guelph-Elora-Kitchener-Waterloo-St. Jacobs-Elmira, etc. I'm sure the Caledon Hills area ..if it's not too north for you, would be lovely right now at this time of year. As you know the Waterfront trail takes you east all the way out even to ....as far east as Coburg, Ontario..near Brighton. Approx. 120 kms. east of Toronto near Lake Ontario. but it's probably 160 kms. from your house.
The Toronto Bicycling Network was a fairly large active group with different rides, however I don't know what the Mississauga membership was. I'm not familiar with the roadie training scene.
I still think of Toronto..my birth family and their families live in GTA and whenever I visit ...I borrow a sister's bike for bike ride every day ...which used to be my bike for 9 years before I gave it to her when I moved out to Vancouver. :)
hi shootingstar! I checked out TBN as you suggested. they seem to have alot of rides and other activities goin on. will probably sign up for membership shortly. thanks so much for the tip!Quote:
Originally Posted by shootingstar
it must be beautiful to ride in Vancouver too!
Though Mississaugua is a 704,000 strong sprawling burb if you live in west Mississauga you can be out in the country fairly quickly.
Eglinton turns into Lower Base Line and you can take 5th line or 6th line north to Steeles, a little jog left on Steeles , back on 5th or 6th and you can ride for hours in the country. Or follow Lower Base further west...and explore the farmlands that surround Burlington, Milton, Carlisle.
On the weekend, I often drive about 30 minutes north, park the car and have a blast in the Halton Hills. Take Erin Mills Pkwy (turns into Mississauga Rd) north to Terra Cotta. There's a little school on your left, Creditview Public School. (King Rd and Missisauga Rd). Park at the school, assemble your bike and explore. Cheltenham, Belfountain, Alton, Glen Williams, Georgetown await you.
I've heard nothing but good things about Brampton Cycle Club. http://www.bramptoncyclingclub.com/ They have organized rides every weekend, some during the weekdays, time trials and all sorts of other fun.
Another Canadian Gal.......from Ottawa this time - where we're still waiting for our summer.
I'm from Duncan on Vancouver Island , this is also my first post and I would like to say hello, and I look forward to getting to know you. I have been a lurker here for way too long.
Montreal here, by way of Newfoundland!
Hey guys, I'm from Saskatchewan. Just found this forum via Bikeforums. Looking forward to hanging out here!
Hi everyone...just found this forum the other day and it looks great.
BC here too, paradise of Vancouver Island!
I'm new here too - from the wet coast :D, Vancouver BC . I'm stoked to see others from here - and about the bike lane under the Canada Line! That's awesome!
From Winnipeg, Manitoba here! Sweet, flat prairie and killer wind!
Welcome to TE, ladies!
Yes, welcome!
I'm not Canadian, but I live in Edmonton. I would love to see this sub-forum get more active.
Welcome to new TE members! Maybe some of you might want to participate in our Maidei doll cycling relay around the world. If so, please speak up on this thread when the doll gets near your province/region.
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=35039&page=21
I'm in sunny Vancouver.
Just found this forum. It's great to see there are other Vancouverites here.
I also love our new bike bridge under the Canada Line. Beats riding the Oak or Arthur Lang bridges plus, nearly all the other cyclists and runners are friendly and say 'hi' as we pass.
I'm originally from sunny Vancouver, now in snowy Saskatoon :p
Sunny Vancouver is a different definition...than sunny Australia. :D
Sunny Vancouver? Where's that? I'm from rainy Vancouver. And I work in Richmond, so I get to commute over that new skytrain bridge every day! It's great, but 20 blocks of up-hill when I'm going back into Vancouver is something I have to get use to...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tourbiker
I'm from N.B. and N.F.L.D originally.
Welcome to TE, Antaresia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antaresia
And it's definitely sunny Vancouver today.
I'm here as well! but I'm a Toronto girl and new to the forum! :D
Bike n00b checking in from Halifax.