Mission Statement This site is a dedicated touring and recreational bicycling site. We are not a road racing or extreme mountain bike site. Owner History In 1978 a Dutch person started working with me. He biked to work and said that many people in the Netherlands did this. I tried commuting to work and liked it. Also, I found out that it only took 5 minutes longer to go across town than a car. In the 80s I did some local road racing which was a lot of fun. In the mid 90s I was downsized, started working at home as a web/host master and stopped bike riding. In 2006 my knees were so bad I was having trouble walking. The doctor told me to do low impact exercise like swimming. I decided on cycling but found it hard to get motivated. Then I came up with an idea of finding a part-time job within an hour from my location. It worked! I now ride ˝ hour to work and I can walk without supports or ski poles and there is no pain. I hope to keep doing this into my 70s. Now I would like to do longer tours. In May and June I will do a test to see if I can endure tours at 58. The tests are, from Owen Sound to Midland Ontario and back and from Owen Sound to Goderich and back. There will be a report on this site on how things went. If I survive I will attempt longer rides in the summer. My part time job does not go through the summer so all I require is a laptop with a wireless connection for my web business. In the old days I would normally have to fine an Internet café for uploading. Now I can sit on a picnic table in most parts' of Canada, get my e-mail, do my work and then upload. I can't hide from the Internet any more.