Today was the annual group commute to City Hall as part of the kickoff for Bike Month. This time Loki joined me. Here is the crowd at the High Park starting point with Rick from CycleTO giving instructions.
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Loki says “Let’s gooooo!”
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At Keele.
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Grace and Bloor.
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A detour down Palmerston to avoid some construction work at Bathurst and Bloor. Joey and Loki both not looking at the camera.
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We took Harbord from this point. Crossing Wellesley is always a bit awkward at this point, even more so with a large group.
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On Wellesley.
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Loki waits. He was very patient today.
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Now south on Bay after merging with other groups.
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Mike is a fellow volunteer at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge, held each September in Battle Mountain, NV.
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Entering Nathan Phillips Square.
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Numbers were somewhat down from previous years. Perhaps people were scared off by the variable weather forecasts for today.
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Still a long line for pancakes.
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After the speeches, the press took some pictures of the VIPs, including Mayor Chow. Nice to hear her speak as a cyclist. She mentioned hazards such as streetcar tracks and dooring. She also said that it was unacceptable that we have already seen 4 cyclist deaths this year. She was also nice to Loki.
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Albert remarked that this was all a nice change from the days where we had to organize die ins at the same site.
On the way home, chatting with Robin. Two dogs not looking at the camera.
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NIce to catch up with so many friends and like minded folks. Loki was a bit overwhelmed after meeting so many people, and he is napping now.
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