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No real winter last year, at least here in Southwestern Ontario. Our hill didn't open until January and then closed early. We missed both the Christmas and March Breaks, our busiest times. The problem was with the amount of rain we had. Just as the snowmakers were able to get six or seven runs...

The roads in Orangeville were heavily salted at stops signs yesterday morning. We had some moisture and a very heavy frost the night before so the roads were icy in the early AM. Some of that frost was still visible in the late PM on the northern pitches of many roofs. There was also snow on the...

Up here the change over was in full swing in some of the older neighbourhoods. All of the newer built areas, (anything less than 30 years old), already had super box delivery only. But the older areas had always been door-to-door. It's those areas where super boxes were installed and then as the...

I think they tried to eliminate all door to door deliveries years ago and the government (can't think of which one) stopped this process midway through the change due to union opposition about job losses. Here in Orangeville there are streets where some continue to get door to door delivery...

I had the opposite experience. I grew up in Dryden and we would often go out snowmobiling when it was -40 and think nothing of it. When we moved down to Toronto it just felt colder because of the damp cold caused by the open waters of Lake Ontario. That's not a problem up north where everything...

I'll be testing mine this week. Then an oil change on it and I'm ready for the next season.

That's the ESR app. Unfortunately they have discontinued supporting it recently. It still works, but doesn't retain any history or your profile that kept track of every ride. So I have to take a screenshot after saving the ride, because once you exit the app the information disappears. Not sure...

Not too bad a day for a ride yesterday. Quite windy and around 10C. Got out for a 201.5 km ride and hit up a few of my favourite roads, some of them twice. Not a fan of the tar/stone surface treatment on Pretty River Road; it's loud and has questionable traction. Some nice new pavement on CR9...

Beautiful day for a ride yesterday. I took a short loop to the north and saw two other bikes along the way. I'm hoping to get out again on Friday, possibly up to Pretty River Road and CR9. After that I'll start carrying Stabil with me to add at fuel stops, just in case it happens to be my last...

Yeah, retired for 13 years now. I do work two days a week at the golf course / ski hill when they are operating. I'm currently between seasons so fully retired until the hill opens in December. My rides are always north from here, so I don't deal with very much traffic on weekdays.

That was not the common practice 50+ years ago. Snows only on the rears because all cars/trucks were rear wheel drive. It's only in the last couple of decades that the snow tires on all four corners has become the norm.

I've used four snow tires on every car I have ever owned going back the the late '70s. It is a lesson I learned from my father from when we lived in Dryden back in the late '60s. Back then he started to run four studded snow tires on his car. He did this after he was T-boned at an intersection...

After our two day ride back in the summer I felt that way. I didn't want to go for a ride for several days, but as soon as I hit the road it was ahh this is great. I don't typically ride on weekends and prefer the more peaceful weekday rides when there is far less traffic. However, after...

Even though I don't have disposable lug nuts on my car I was getting fed up with the seasonal tire change over and decided to buy new All-Weather tires to replace the OEM summer tires that came on my 2016 CX3. I then sold the old Michelin X-Ice tires, which were mounted on aluminium rims. They...

I hope you're not looking for fall colours on that ride. It's all but gone up here. Oct 17th, Oct 31,

I did that a couple of weeks ago. I put a block of wood under the scrape blade to keep rust stains on the floor to a minimum. Yesterday we had a few showers mixed with graupel (ice pellets) up here.

I haven't been down to The Forks in a couple of years. Like you, it is not a destination for me. I use it when I'm heading somewhere else and it's on the route, or at least a nicer option to the more direct route. At one time, say 15 to 20 years ago it was more enjoyable. It had a higher speed...

I also rode to work yesterday. Took the scenic route again because, why not! A little chilly at first and there was still frost on the ground in shaded areas until about 11am.

It will be busy up here in Hockley Valley as well. Here's a pic from the 14th tee on Tuesday.

Perhaps you're not there yet, but we've had snow on the ground for Halloween before! It's just good planning up here to do a lot of seasonal changes before the weather goes into the crapper. BTW, I'm also hoping for some more riding, hopefully into November as well. However, I also waxed and...