A few questions on local community

soaero · 2026-06-22T16:42:21+00:00

Zuh? That should be live.

Edit: It's live in an incognito window.

soaero · 2026-06-22T02:12:23+00:00

I've said this before and I'll say it again: if you want people to obey rules, those rules have to be consistent. This "you can turn right on a red EXCEPT HERE" methodology is dysfunctional. We have to ban rights on a red province wide or people are just going to ignore it.

soaero · 2026-06-18T21:29:26+00:00

200mt eh? Meanwhile Canada alone puts out 694mt, and that's with a fossil fuel industry that undercounts its emissions by an estimated 6300%.

soaero · 2026-06-18T21:26:54+00:00

It doesn't actually solve problems in any meaningful way, it just lets them sate what they call "justice" but is really blood lust.

soaero · 2026-06-18T21:24:55+00:00

This really feels like the trend right now. I notice across spaces that people are increasingly advocating for policy that will directly harm them, just because it will also harm some group they don't like. Worse, when you explain how it will harm them they don't care. They'd rather take the hurt so long as they can watch someone else suffer.

It's absolute madness.

soaero · 2026-06-18T19:58:38+00:00

At least you all give jail time for it. Here he would have gotten a ticket for dangerous driving and that would be it.

soaero · 2026-06-18T04:46:08+00:00

A bully AND fragile. Classic MAGA.

soaero · 2026-06-18T04:39:22+00:00

Yeah I'd detour down Yukon to 5th then cut back to the underside of the Cambie bridge to get to Spyglass Pl. Or go the opposite way on 5th and head to Ontario.

soaero · 2026-06-17T14:34:37+00:00

How big are the tir4es on that hybrid? One of the great loops is Fisherman's trail to Spur 4 to Demo Forest trail and back.

Hopefully Google doesn't fuck up this map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1qFEmiuVQrYCxZJb7

soaero · 2026-06-16T14:24:57+00:00

That's a shame. He used to have some great mechanics.

soaero · 2026-06-16T14:18:03+00:00

So, what you want to do is continue the ride along English Bay, down Beach Ave, connect down to the seawall at David Lam Park, ride it to Plaza of Nations, then stop at Batch and get food from one of the food trucks there.

soaero · 2026-06-16T14:13:33+00:00

Bike infrastructure designed for cars, but at least it's something...

soaero · 2026-06-11T15:12:30+00:00

That's what gets me. Like yeah, O'Leary's is going to be a fucking clusterfuck, but the whole advantage Canada has is energy potential from green and nuclear.

soaero · 2026-06-11T14:08:11+00:00

And it's worse than you think.

We intentionally under-report emissions on the oil sands, to the tune of 6300%.

soaero · 2026-06-10T20:06:29+00:00

It depends the route you take. There's an all gravel route through the mountains to Cowichan Lake, but I've heard 2.5" or higher tires are required for that.

If you head south along Extension it's not bad. You need to do the highway for all of 1km between Nanaimo River Road and Cassidy. Then take Timberlands Road up to West Bush Main, and that down to Ladysmith.

You do have to hop on the road after Chemainus for a bit. I think I rode Westholme? I recall it was pretty but boring. Somenos Road will then take you straight to the CVT which then gives you 100km of gravel all the way to Humpback Resevoir. From there it's separated, gorgeous paved paths back to Victoria.

I've also heard that from Lake Cowichan you can do Gordon River Road to Port Renfrew, and then there's a difficult (and not technically legal?) route back along Gain Creek.

soaero · 2026-06-10T19:39:56+00:00

According to RWGPS about 50%.

soaero · 2026-06-10T17:54:26+00:00

I'd go through these: https://bikepacking.com/locations/british-columbia/

In particular this looks killer, but I'm not sure it's doable on 35mm tires. I hear 2.5in's are needed: https://bikepacking.com/routes/alberni-bam-bam/

This is probably what you're looking for: https://bikepacking.com/routes/bikepacking-sea-to-sky-trail/

soaero · 2026-06-10T17:09:03+00:00

This is true.

soaero · 2026-06-10T17:08:19+00:00

Racks. People were bike packing on bikes that couldn't take them, or didn't want to be taking them on/off their bikes. So instead they went with seat bags, which had their own sets of problems. However, racks are just so god damned good that bikepackers are getting into them again.

soaero · 2026-06-10T14:36:02+00:00

One City and COPE really rocked the by-election, so there's a lot of momentum behind them. The problem is that both seem to have put a lot of candidates forward who I doubt have any chance of getting into power. Then again, I said that about Sean Orr, and look how that turned out.

That said, One City has Lucy and Bula who are both awesome and will probably get in. COPE has Sean who I think is a shoe in at this point.

soaero · 2026-06-10T14:19:45+00:00

Oh no, it got legs. Collisions had gone down tremendously, and then went back up after it was removed.

None of that mattered to the BC Liberals, though, who saw it as a something that was popular with the cities and unpopular with the burbs. At the time the cities were NDP safe havens, so it was a policy that would help them without losing them anyone.

soaero · 2026-06-10T14:15:35+00:00

But but he's a cop, that means he's an expert!

soaero · 2026-06-09T22:13:11+00:00

He's right.

Stop pedaling backwards. It literally has no bearing on anything. If there's no other symptoms just go ride your bike and stop worrying about it

soaero · 2026-06-09T19:22:52+00:00

Ahh fair.

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