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I can’t believe now that I biked through this tunnel one night back in 1987 - probably the scariest cycling experience of my life.
2 years agohttps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/cycling/cycling-regulations-restrictions-rules/george-massey-shuttle
2 years agoHave you ever used the shuttle at the tunnel? We really like it. Only trouble is that it is only available at rush hour in the winter. It runs all day in the summer.
2 years agoWe say that every time we leave!
2 years agoA close call that could have been a trip wrecker. Glad no one was seriously injured.
2 years agoIt will work, and is kind of fun. I think where they really shine though is when something goes wrong. Looking at the piles of luggage in the Lisbon airport, I don’t see anything that does not arrive with you turning up at your hotel in a timely manner, unless you can point out that you know it is there!
2 years agoI love their cinnamon brioches! Good idea for a meet up there post trips!
2 years agoI can confirm this is an issue. I had a little issue with my bike not arriving on a condor flight that I was on. The bike got forwarded to Nürnberg where I was, but no way to get the box back to Frankfurt. I spent quite a lot of time going to different places in the Frankfurt airport to obtain a box. In the end I found one, but the bike didn’t fit it very well. Condor was supposed to refund me the $30 for the box, but they filed for bankruptcy and, last I knew, it was still tied up in German courts. I think that was 2019? I now have a different bike that fits in a suitcase. Boxes might be more protective than a bag, but they are a hassle to use for sure and are real pain to try and move around.
2 years agoSince most of our travels are in Europe we are a bit more concerned that we might not be able to acquire a bike box at the end of a trip. We tend to fly in to one place and out of another so we cannot even try to store boxes at a hotel. So far, anyway, the clear plastic bags seem to have worked well for us.
2 years agoI have had good success acquiring boxes from the local bike store. They are throwing them out with the recycling anyway and are usually happy to let me have my pick of one.
2 years agoThis is a common issue here around home where I ride, except we actually hav wide paved shoulders on both sides of the road AND paved paths. Walkers, runners, bikers, all on the wrong side of the road. I’ve never quite figured out why if you’re nervous about traffic you would ride on the shoulder the wrong way when there is a paved bike path?
I once encountered an entire family spread out across the shoulder going the wrong way. They were not indicating which way they were going to move until the last minute. Some headed for the road, some stopped, and one kid tipped right over the curb into the grass. One could argue here that in this case, using the bike path definitely would have been safer.
This is true. I have found some success in repeating to myself “you will hav Erik ride uphill with all this…”, but I think that is more effective when you haven’t got an e-bike. In your case just throw that motor into turbo and off you go!
2 years agoNot needed is indeed preferable, but if that fails let us hope that at least they work.
2 years agoWe will be avidly watching this space to see if a)they are needed and b)they work! Let's hope for not needed!
2 years ago
This year there's also a pilot "bike bus" that takes 9 bikes and 18 passengers (I think) from the Tsawwassen terminal to Bridgeport station. Only on Fridays and weekends, unfortunately. I haven't tried it yet as it was a fantastic day for cycling the day I rode home from Victoria last month.
2 years ago