Brian

5:15 Pm
Minus 13C
250/sec   F16

"I do this pretty much every day." Brian tells me when I catch up to him on 102 Avenue and 135 Street.  "Usually I take the river valley but decided with the warmer weather to take a different route".
The weather forecast for tonight is minus 28 (without the wind chill), so Brian might have a cooler ride to work tomorrow!

Rob

6:04 Pm
BikeWorks North
F4, 1/30sec

Rob and I have the exact same winter bike so when he popped into BikeWorks North to begin his shift as a mechanic, it was of interest to me to inspect his ride.

Coincidentally, we both have swapped out the index shifters and replaced them with simple-to-use-with-gloves friction shifters.  He even has the same headlight as me on his handlebars.

I learned a lot from Rob about winter cycling and perhaps this is just a case of me copying him.

Rob wants me to email him this picture so that he can send it to a friend in Iran who has a mobile shoe shining business and wants to know what winter is like in Canada.

Anonymous

5:03 Pm
10212 Jasper Avenue
Minus 27C
F8@250/sec

With the windchill making a coward out of me, I sat by one the display windows at my work and waited for this cyclist to pass by.   He had cycled past before and knowing that people are creatures of habit, I was sure I could photograph him while I basked in the warmth of my workplace.

In fact, Mr. Anonymous had already ridden past the window in the opposite direction but I missed my opportunity when a co-worker distracted me. I'm glad I still waited with my camera ready to go.

Randy

3:34 Pm
Old Strathcona Area

With a plaid scarf covering his face, I didn't recognize Randy as he rode his bike past the Starbucks where we were loading up on black plasma to ward off the cold.

Once I caught up with him and he had his helmet off, I recognized this winter cyclist from my time volunteering as a mechanic at the bike co-op.  I'm certain that I've worked on his bike and when he recognized me he exclaimed "You're that left-leaning cycling radical!"  (He must have been confusing me with another cyclist).

Jacqueline

7:01 Am
LRT Bikepath
Minus 20C

Looking bright and chipper, Jacqueline was spotted near the Save-On Foods at 111Avenue and 82 Street.  Using some logical deduction, I headed off this early morning commuter at the junction of the subway tracks and 95 Street.  When I apologized for holding her up, her response was to tell me that "I'm dressed warmly enough!" A few minutes later, I could see Jacqueline cycling near the Baccarat Casino and I marvelled at her speed and I wondered why an identification tag was hanging from her cycling jacket?

Bernard

11:23 Am
104 Street and Jasper Avenue


Bernard was snapped in front of Sobey's downtown on Jasper.  He had just put a few groceries into the milk crate on the back of his bike before he rode the few blocks home.  His bike did appear to have a do-it-yourself paint job which didn't quite cover up the original robin's egg blue colour.

Selfie

7:16 Am
Workplace bike storage

While not togged out in cycling clothes, he is holding a 1963 Triumph three speed, one of his favourite bikes.  The bike itself was given by a good friend with the understanding that the bike can never be sold or traded - it can only be given away.  His daughter has her eye on it but she'll have to wait a while yet before she can take posession of this great bike.