Dear Editor:
It won't be long now before the next GranFondo from Vancouver to Whistler and this is the time when enthusiasm for the big race up the Sea to Sky Highway starts to build.
A lot of Vancouver cyclists like to consider themselves extreme so the Sea to Sky bike lane was designed to cater to them. South of Strachan Creek where the lane narrows to just under a metre, a drain has been cleverly placed to give them a chance to jump it or have the thrill of venturing out onto the highway. A whimsical sign has been placed just before it depicting a cyclist flying over the handlebars.Now is also the season those other cyclists - the ones with 1,200 cc motors attached to their bikes - race by law-abiding regular car drivers. The thrill of the wind buffeting you as they pass is hard to describe.
If our leaders have their way, cyclists passing through Britannia will soon have the joy of viewing an LNG plant across the sound, the clear cut on Gambier Island and the gravel pit at McNab Creek. This will give a new meaning to our slogan of Super Natural B.C. Time to go back to reading my book, - Milton's "Paradise Lost."
John Dudley
Lions Bay
