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I am going to live in Burnaby. Is it safe and common to ride bike in December, January and February? are there bike trails everywhere in Burnaby for students?
And where in Burnbay you recommend for buying a good bicycle (prefarably with reasonable price too).
Answer
It's not uncommon for people to ride all winter. I ride my bike almost every day, winter included. The biggest challenge is staying dry enough for it to be comfortable. I have a set up I use that keeps me completely dry from the rain, and dry from sweat if my ride is under about 20 minutes.
For the best deal on buying a QUALITY bicycle, I'd recommend heading into Vancouver to the Mountain Equipment Coop. You can go to Zellers and such stores like that, but if you're going to ride regularly, especially in winter, you'll end up spending far more in repairs and have a less enjoyable bicycle than if you just get a good one to begin with. You can't afford a cheap bike. If you want to get a bike in Burnaby only, check out The Bike Doctor near Metrotown. You'd have the advantage of having your dealer closer by for repairs and such. But they'll service your bike anyways if you buy it from somewhere else, of course. MEC is probably the most affordable though for the quality. This is a great time of the year to buying a bike from anywhere mind you as most places offer big discounts on bikes in the fall and winter.
For safety, I would say it is safe if you have a good setup and you ride in a safe manner. If you've been a vehicle driver in the past, that will help as you'll be able to better anticipate traffic flows, etc. Stay on the roads and off sidewalks as vehicles in intersections don't look to the sidewalks for traffic (as you are on your bike.) Unless of course you find a good pathway off the road entirely. Ride in a straight line, don't swerve to the right every time there's a space between cars. It is safer to go straight so cars can anticipate where you are and avoid hitting you. Keep a safe distance from parked cars as drivers will occasionally open their doors without looking. Riding into a door could be devastating with a neck or knee injury. If you stay far enough away, this won't be an issue. Let the driver wait to pass you when it's safe rather than putting yourself too close to the cars. Move to quieter side streets if this is an issue. Follow the link down below for good bicycle route maps around the lower mainland. You can get small, foldable credit card size maps from bike stores with maps of the area. Also a mirror that attaches to the end of your handle bar is really great for comfort and safety. Seeing the cars approach you and you can glance just to make sure they're giving you enough room, (they almost always do.)
Be well lit up. I would recommend having a good bright white light for the front. (don't go for cheap here. minimum $35-$40 at a small dealer, or minimum $25 at MEC.) Get a good bright red rear light too. White in the front, red in the back. Using other colours at either end can trick a dozy driver into thinking you're heading away from them if you had a red light in the front for instance. Change the batteries often enough to avoid having them dim on you making you less visible on the road.
Get a good reflective, bright waterproof jacket. Wear a helmet of course.
Here are some tips for having your ride on the rainy days be more comfortable.
Boot/shoe covers that are wonderful for keeping your feet dry while riding. Waterproof pants of course. I don't bother with the waterproof/breathable pants for riding as they're not as durable as the waterproof/non-breathable pants and the WP/B ones will lose their breathability anyways unless you treat them regularly. Legs don't sweat too much anyways, compared to the upper body anyways, which is why I recommend getting waterproof breathable for a jacket. I've found the thicker/more-expensive waterproof materials in the jacket to be better at keeping the rain out and getting the moisture out (ie, simply being able to stay dry.)
The hands are another thing to keep dry. Most gloves aren't so great at this. If you get a waterproof breathable, fingerless outer mitt, which is designed as an outerlayer for snowsports, I've found that they work really well at keeping my hands dry in winter rain. The lack of the fingers isn't really a big deal at all on the bike as you can get all four fingers to the breaks in a split second anyways - faster than a foot to a brake pedal in a car.
Another huge way to keep comfortable on the bike is to get the quick-drying synthetic shirts. If you're not familiar with them, they're quite thin and they only hold like 10% of their weight in water (sweat) and a regular cotton shirt will hold like about 400 or 500% of its weight. They way you'll notice this is by feeling dry out there even when you've been sweating a bunch. In the days before these shirts were available, I'd go around running errands and such and feel kind of icky from wearing a sweaty shirt for much of the day. Now I don't feel it at all. Just comfort. These shirts are expensive most places you go, like up to about $50, unless you go to MEC, they start at about $8 last I checked, with decent quality. The long sleeved ones are
It's not uncommon for people to ride all winter. I ride my bike almost every day, winter included. The biggest challenge is staying dry enough for it to be comfortable. I have a set up I use that keeps me completely dry from the rain, and dry from sweat if my ride is under about 20 minutes.
For the best deal on buying a QUALITY bicycle, I'd recommend heading into Vancouver to the Mountain Equipment Coop. You can go to Zellers and such stores like that, but if you're going to ride regularly, especially in winter, you'll end up spending far more in repairs and have a less enjoyable bicycle than if you just get a good one to begin with. You can't afford a cheap bike. If you want to get a bike in Burnaby only, check out The Bike Doctor near Metrotown. You'd have the advantage of having your dealer closer by for repairs and such. But they'll service your bike anyways if you buy it from somewhere else, of course. MEC is probably the most affordable though for the quality. This is a great time of the year to buying a bike from anywhere mind you as most places offer big discounts on bikes in the fall and winter.
For safety, I would say it is safe if you have a good setup and you ride in a safe manner. If you've been a vehicle driver in the past, that will help as you'll be able to better anticipate traffic flows, etc. Stay on the roads and off sidewalks as vehicles in intersections don't look to the sidewalks for traffic (as you are on your bike.) Unless of course you find a good pathway off the road entirely. Ride in a straight line, don't swerve to the right every time there's a space between cars. It is safer to go straight so cars can anticipate where you are and avoid hitting you. Keep a safe distance from parked cars as drivers will occasionally open their doors without looking. Riding into a door could be devastating with a neck or knee injury. If you stay far enough away, this won't be an issue. Let the driver wait to pass you when it's safe rather than putting yourself too close to the cars. Move to quieter side streets if this is an issue. Follow the link down below for good bicycle route maps around the lower mainland. You can get small, foldable credit card size maps from bike stores with maps of the area. Also a mirror that attaches to the end of your handle bar is really great for comfort and safety. Seeing the cars approach you and you can glance just to make sure they're giving you enough room, (they almost always do.)
Be well lit up. I would recommend having a good bright white light for the front. (don't go for cheap here. minimum $35-$40 at a small dealer, or minimum $25 at MEC.) Get a good bright red rear light too. White in the front, red in the back. Using other colours at either end can trick a dozy driver into thinking you're heading away from them if you had a red light in the front for instance. Change the batteries often enough to avoid having them dim on you making you less visible on the road.
Get a good reflective, bright waterproof jacket. Wear a helmet of course.
Here are some tips for having your ride on the rainy days be more comfortable.
Boot/shoe covers that are wonderful for keeping your feet dry while riding. Waterproof pants of course. I don't bother with the waterproof/breathable pants for riding as they're not as durable as the waterproof/non-breathable pants and the WP/B ones will lose their breathability anyways unless you treat them regularly. Legs don't sweat too much anyways, compared to the upper body anyways, which is why I recommend getting waterproof breathable for a jacket. I've found the thicker/more-expensive waterproof materials in the jacket to be better at keeping the rain out and getting the moisture out (ie, simply being able to stay dry.)
The hands are another thing to keep dry. Most gloves aren't so great at this. If you get a waterproof breathable, fingerless outer mitt, which is designed as an outerlayer for snowsports, I've found that they work really well at keeping my hands dry in winter rain. The lack of the fingers isn't really a big deal at all on the bike as you can get all four fingers to the breaks in a split second anyways - faster than a foot to a brake pedal in a car.
Another huge way to keep comfortable on the bike is to get the quick-drying synthetic shirts. If you're not familiar with them, they're quite thin and they only hold like 10% of their weight in water (sweat) and a regular cotton shirt will hold like about 400 or 500% of its weight. They way you'll notice this is by feeling dry out there even when you've been sweating a bunch. In the days before these shirts were available, I'd go around running errands and such and feel kind of icky from wearing a sweaty shirt for much of the day. Now I don't feel it at all. Just comfort. These shirts are expensive most places you go, like up to about $50, unless you go to MEC, they start at about $8 last I checked, with decent quality. The long sleeved ones are
am i a good writer, please read this is not the whole thing but the begining of a book?
Mizz Kitty
I opened my eyes after two minutes of the persistent buzzing sound of my alarm. I decided that it was annoying enough to muster up the ambition to sit up and turn it off. I eventually clicked it off, with my eyes still closed, I then laid back down in my sleep-warm bed. I must have fallen back asleep because, my mom came in and rudely turned the light on, saying,
âUgh! Babette Louise Zeller! Get your butt out of that bed,â
âBut mom! Why?â I replied sleepily.
âYou know that today is Sunday, we have church today, oh
by the way we are riding the motorcycle,â
âI really donât want to go to church today, mom,â
âPlease come with me honey, Iâm sorry that I yelled, youâve just been sleeping for an extra half hour,â
âItâs ok mom. But do I still have to go,â
âYes Bette, you do, I mean, what if this was the last time we ever got to go to church. I really want you to come, please,â
âOk mom, Iâll come,â
My mom smiled, âthank you,â she said.
I smiled back, and dragged myself up out of the bed.
I couldnât decide what to wear, mom really needed to do laundry, I settled on a maroon turtleneck with a teal tank top on top, and jeans. I also pulled on my boots. It was a nice enough day, humid, but thatâs just Missouri. I brushed my black cornsilk hair, and parted it into two segments. I then I took one of the pieces in my hand and sectioned it in to three bits and went on to slip the piece on the far left onto the piece in the middle section and then take the piece on the right and I placed it on the piece that started out on the left. I continued this until I had a long braid that trailed to my waist, I repeated this on the other side of my head. I now had two long braids, my mom said that this was my Indian look. I twisted the two pieces together and slid the leather hair cover that I had for the days that we rode the motorcycle.
âIâm ready mom,â I told her as I sat down in the den.
âOk, honey, Iâll be there in a minute,â she replied, her voice echoed in the hallway. I called my cat up onto my lap,
âHey there, Suki,â I said to the kitten as I petted her in between her shoulder blades, she purred and jumped down.
I fell back asleep in the leather recliner.
âCome on sugâ time to go,â my mom said as she ran her fingers down my shoulder and patted my hand.
âHmm?â I asked with one brown eye open.
âLetâs go,â
âOk,â
I got out of the chair and walked down to the garage, I grabbed my iPod and then placed the earbuds in my ears, and turned it on. I put my helmet, my vest, and finally my gloves. We boarded the bike and left. The 20-minute ride to church was relaxing; I listened to my iPod, now playing a Justin Timberlake song.
Our church was a little church, a simple structure, no fancy architecture, just a cozy little church, with three classrooms in the right wing that was off to side of the sanctuary. There was a kitchen and a large meeting room on the left wing, the sanctuary was in the center. We entered the sanctuary and said hello to the old people. I must say that we were the most controversial members of the church. In a town with a population of only 978, only 76 people that attended our church, we were the only bikers.
After only two minutes or so of the pastor preaching, the tremors began, they were just the aftershocks from the earthquake that we experienced about 4 days ago. We all gasped and even the preacher was silent. I saw that he was holding the golden cross that hung from his chest.
Then the lights went out.
My friend, Jeannie was in the bathroom, I figured that she was probably scared, so I went to check on her, I was scared that she had had a seizure because she had epilepsy, and flickering lights triggered it.
âMom, I think Jeannie is in the bathroom, and Iâm going to check on her, ok,â I said to my mom who was shuddering.
âOk, ji-ju-just b-be s-afeâ my mom replied.
I ran out of the sanctuary, âJeannie!â I yelled.
I went to the bathroom door, it was locked, I rapped at the door with my middle finger,
âJeannie!â I called to her. I called and called, but no answer.
If I get an e-mail address, I will send each new chapter, as it comes
It is also just the rough draft, so lay off.
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Okay as a published writer and screenwriter let me see if I can help. First of all I would say it gets your attention, it holds you and it leaves you wanting to know what is going to happen next. The second thing is not as flattering since I would say it feels rushed, (perhaps by the context of which you had to post) but the flow is not quite right. Third thing I would say the fix is easier than you might think. What are you reading? In other words, you read what you enjoy reading so I will presume you are writing what you enjoy writing.
Compare the style. Now some writers have a hard time of realizing they are TONE DEAF and cannot see the difference in their writing and their favorite author. I constantly get compared to my favorite and I am never surprised by that.
That said, the secret to good writing really is GREAT READING. Good luck and see you at the top!
Okay as a published writer and screenwriter let me see if I can help. First of all I would say it gets your attention, it holds you and it leaves you wanting to know what is going to happen next. The second thing is not as flattering since I would say it feels rushed, (perhaps by the context of which you had to post) but the flow is not quite right. Third thing I would say the fix is easier than you might think. What are you reading? In other words, you read what you enjoy reading so I will presume you are writing what you enjoy writing.
Compare the style. Now some writers have a hard time of realizing they are TONE DEAF and cannot see the difference in their writing and their favorite author. I constantly get compared to my favorite and I am never surprised by that.
That said, the secret to good writing really is GREAT READING. Good luck and see you at the top!
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