Monday, July 7, 2008

A hot one to Hamilton

Every 'real' cyclist we pass seems to have shaved legs and arms, or so it seems. In an attempt to look more like 'real' cyclists ourselves, we picked up some hair removal cream, and took all the hair off our legs the night before leaving London. This is 22-23 years of growth for us, so we didn't quite get it all, and had to go in afterwards with a razor to finish the job. It's a pretty weird feeling having bare legs, and all the women poked fun at us, especially Jon because he cut himself!

It was a really hot day going to Hamilton. The police and firefighters escorted us out to Thamesford, where we met some of Mike's family along the road before continuing on. Being slower than the other guys, I sometimes get a head start on the road after our breaks, and did the same after one in Paris. It didn't work out so well, as I missed a turn to a different highway, and Mike and Jon had to come and find me in Brantford several kilometres down. Luckily it wasn't too bad of a detour, and we ended up meeting Brian and Pat in Hamilton. We were staying at Brian and Jon's old house on Thorndale Crescent, and several of their friends who were in the city came out to welcome them in. We all went out to dinner at Boston Pizza before coming back to their place.

We'll get a late start Monday going to Toronto. We'll be riding through the GTA most of the day along the No. 2 highway, which turns into Lakeshore road, so it could be really nice going along Lake Ontario.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now with shaved lags and the tight bike shorts the girls are going to love you all. Great going
See you this weekend

the Ottawa connection

Anonymous said...

Uh Oh... Shaving their legs is the first sign...

When they try to ride the bikes across Lake Ontario, that's when we'll have to intervene.

Montréal straight ahead!

Lâchez pas.

M

Anonymous said...

If you guys aren't "real" cyclists who is ?
"How many roads must you cycle along before you become a real' one ?" (with apologies to somebody (Joni Mitchell ?)
Gan was delighted to get your phone call. (as was I)
See you in Metis is two weeks.
Wicked Uncle