Wow.
Back on the west coast. Strange. Its been a long tough month of living in a van, crawling through caves, swimming in anything wet, mountain biking, stealing showers, driving, sight seeing, and building relations.
I got to check out the Geekhouse shop, Bilenky Cycles, Serotta, Super Rat, Ground Up Designs as well as a bunch of other rad places. Everyone I met was super chill and great to talk with. Many thanks to those who invited us into their homes along the way.
Now that I'm back in Vancouver, I'm already back at work. I've been meeting with people, and will be setting up a shop space shortly (as well as a home of course). I'll be working on the next run of hubs pretty soon as well. I've even got a three week apprenticeship deal worked out with one of my favorite builders, Sam Whittingham. He's currently going for the hour record in a fully faired recumbent down in Detroit, but when he gets back he's got a pile of CX frames to build. I'll be helping out with that. I'm pretty stoked to go work for him, to say the least.
I've been getting back into the Vancouver traffic flow as well. Or lack of flow? Stopping at lights, dealing with busses etc. Yesterday I tried out the 'newly completed' Central Valley Greenway, and it was pretty much as I expected. Slow, dirty, confusing. The signs are laminated paper hung by zip ties. I'm not exactly sure who leaked out that it's complete, maybe I just imagined that part. Still, I won't be making it a part of my temporary commute from Surrey to Vancouver.
I also tried out the new Burrard Bridge bike lane yesterday, and was pretty stoked. There's a lot more room than before, and a LOT more bikes. There's almost enough room to pass people going southbound, but I wouldn't want to spook anyone with wide bars on a bridge. That can lead to trouble.
Its good to see so many friendly Canadian faces again, and I'm looking forward to digging my roots back into this city. The rest of this summer is going to be really great.
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