Why Do
it’s part of your daily commute, if it 16. Where you can make the most
means some touring on weekends of summer. Skip the hermetically
too, you’ll lose weight without sealed, air-conditioned life. On a
We Cycle?
even trying. bike you smell the orchards, hear
7. It saves time the birds, feel the wind in your
8. Cycling is built-in double duty face.
Let us count the ways
– your commuting time is your 17. It’s revealing
exercise time. And no lost hours in 18. You cycle the right type of roads
traffic. at low speed and see the world
By Michael McGoldrick
9. It’s green intimately. You find villages, trails,
1. It’s efficient 10. No surprise here: zero pollution little enclaves, or hidden beaches
2. Cycling is the most efficient means and zero green house gas that go unnoticed from the major
of transportation for humans. Walk- emissions. highways. In town, you discover
ing requires 2½ times, and auto- 11. It’s something new restaurants, stores, coffee shops
mobiles 50 times, more energy to 12. Like new vacation ideas and and bakeries off the beaten path.
cover the same distance. adventures. Thousands of 19. It’s good karma
3. It’s cheap kilometres of bike trails await you 20. Cycling promotes freedom
4. If you bike for basic transportation, here and abroad. It’s one of the and self-sufficiency. You are
you save a pile of money. fastest growing sectors of the travel independent of other people or
Just try leaving your car in industry, everything from bare- complex machines. You become
the driveway for a week. Gas bones rides or fully supported, all- a better human being, overcome
savings alone can easily inclusive tours. adversity, avoid spam, escape
total $50, not to mention 13. It’s active your evil boss, and leap over tall
lower maintenance 14. Saddle up, stay young, meet active buildings at a single bound. OK,
costs. people. Action breeds action. maybe not all at once, but you get
5. It’s healthy Cycling can lead to kayaking, the idea. ~OO
6. Cycling means you cross-country skiing, rock
Michael McGoldrick maintains a web
stay fit doing some- climbing, sailing, snowshoeing,
site about cycling in the Ottawa-
thing that is ac- hiking … Gatineau area and beyond. Find it at:
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tually enjoyable. If 15. It’s outdoors
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www.gobiking.ca/.
Pleaseobeytherulesoftheroad
andbeconsiderateofotherusers.
FOR MOTORIZED VEHICLES…
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Obey the speed limit.
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Use caution when passing cyclists.
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Park only in designated areas.
FOR BICYCLES...
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Ride in single file.
Share the road
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Keep groups to a maximum of 15 cyclists.
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Obey stop signs.
inGatineauPark
Every day,hundreds of users enjoy the scenic
canadascapital.gc.ca
parkways in Gatineau Park. Courtesy and
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consideration on the part of all users are
essential to ensure the full enjoyment of
the parkway network.
18 OTTAWA magazine summer/fall 2009 www.ottawaoutdoors.ca
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