Last commute of the year

Today was the last time doing the daily commute until the new year.

If there was any doubt about mother nature letting me off lightly on the last commute of the year forget it, the rain came heavy and hard in the way the west coast can deliver it.

I'll still be riding, have a dentists appointment in the morning, with a good ride up the hill from Boundary Rd up to Gilmour. This hill is much easier with the granny gear on my bike, I don't know how I ever managed without this ingenious device. This hill used to take me three installments, now I can do it without stopping at all.

I hope you like the picture, taken just as I was getting in tonight. Scary lookin' dude huh ?

December update

I seemed to have survived the worst of the weather, now it just seems overtly cold with out much precip and that ain't too bad.

I have received some positive news from the city of Vancouver regarding the install of speed devices at Rupert and Adanac, apparently they are sending someone out to take readings and see how bad things really are there. I saw the stats from the intersection and there seems to be a plethora of accidents there, however mostly on Tuesdays, very odd.

On a sad note, the new Mayor has dissolved ALL public committees including the cycling committee and disability committee and has yet to reconstitute them. These committees acts as vehicles between the city and the people who live here, I would hope at some point these committees are put back together, however my guess they may stay dormant for some time to come.

I have also decided to not run for Burnaby Douglas in the Jan 23rd federal election. In a recent meeting Ray Power identified himself as a candidate, Ray recently ran for mayor of Vancouver and has run as a PC in Burnaby Douglas in the past. It will be interesting to see how the other candidates react to a right leaning Green that has a bit of a name in the area. In an interesting side note I had a chat to a NDP supporter at one of their tables earlier this week, He commented that "I guess the Greens don't like Ian Gregson anymore". He didn't know who I was, I only smiled as I walked away.

I have been thinking about the political implications of being a bike rider. Do people think I am crazy ? Or do they admire someone who lives what they beleive in ? And would that transfer in to a vote anyway ?