Sevulturus wrote:I've gone 500km for coffee, and 260 one way for a slice of pie and a burger on the way back. Skills practise can get to be boring, but it'll make sure that you get home after you've eaten that slice of pie.
What you need to do is pick road and ask yourself where it leads, take it for 1/2 an hour, then come back. Pick a different road the next time. When you see a Tim Hortons... erm you don't have Tim's do you? When you see a coffee/donut shop stop and have one. Chances are good you'll find another biker there, and if you find another biker you have someone to talk to. Ask about good roads, why they like their bike, what they'd change about it. Look for the roads they mentioned.
Ride your bike to your favorite hang out, join the Cali Bike Night club. Any one of a hundred things.
HAHA tim hortons, that's a good destination. Good thing the closest one i know of is about an hour away!
And vermillion, since you read that first chapter, you also read that storry about the accident. Be carefull, heed the advise of the book and don't let that happen to you. Remember, Slow, Look, Lean, Roll. And if you get caught in a nasty turn and you think you're way too hot, trust the bike and push those bars. But easy, you don't want to actually touch the ground.
Seriously, it's a great ride with lot's of margin for error so it's noob friendly. And Cooks Corner is a landmark biker spot. Usually a couple hundred bikes there every weekend from dirt bikes to cruisers to crotch rockets. Very hip and cool. Maybe I'll see you on the road there sometime.
