Cycling Dudes: May 13 2015-Heart & Stroke Big Bike ride

Pete Gardner asked me to thank everyone who participated in the The Heart & Stroke Big Bike Ride. The Cycling Dudes team raised over $2000. We clambered on to the Big Bike at 10:00 for a fun tour of the downtown to cheers from many onlookers. After the ride Pete MacLoghlin led 25 cyclists on a 28 km ride thru the south area of the city. From Peterborough Sq we cycled down Charlotte St to the Millennium Trail, cycling south beside the Otonabee R. thru Del Carey Pk to Lock St across Landsdowne St to Braidwood Ave then west across Park St to Monaghan Rd, cycling on the Crawford Rail Trail south to Crawford Dr then west across The Parkway to Harper Rd & Harper Pk an ecological sensitive wetland habitat owned by the city where we took 15 minutes exploring the Patterson farm section of the park (the only dry area). We then continued the ride returning to Crawford Dr cycling across Sir Sanford Fleming Dr to Fisher Dr & west to Airport Rd. South on Airport Rd over Hgw 115 to Beardsmore Dr winding our way back into the city for a sumptuous lunch at the Ashburnham Ale House in East City