I started with the Mainroad theme, and gradually added customizations and extensions. (I spend way too much time fretting about formatting and not nearly enough time actually writing content - And the results are pretty mediocre in any case!)
Since my biggest activity is cycling, I’m of course, a member of multiple clubs and organizations:
The OBC is my “home club”. One of largest cycling club’s in Canada, with over 1,000 members, the OBC offers touring, gravel riding, time trials, and various events like the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour.
The Kanata Nepean Bicycle Club is a purely recreational touring club - I do most of my touring rides with the KNBC.
The Cross Canada Cycle Touring Society is another purely recreational touring club - They have chapters in British Columbia as well as Ottawa. They organize a lot of away tours, including many outside of North America. My wife and I do most of our multi-day “away” cycle touring with the CCCTS.
While I’ve not given up my love of software technology completely, I’ve moved from coaching software developers to coaching young cyclists. I’m a National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) trained coach, and coach youth in the OBC’s Youth Development Program. I’m a Cycling Canada CanBike instructor, and I teach riding skills, traffic safety, and ride leading to adults.
I also volunteer, both in Ottawa and at the Mattamy National Cycling Center velodrome in Milton. I help within in my bike clubs, as well as helping to run cycling events.
Through the OCISO Career Mentoring Program, I also mentor international professionals who are new immigrants to Canada - supporting them in their quest to establish themselves in a career in Canada.
I use this site to post notes about cycling, (especially track cycling, and cycling education), technology, and other random topics. It’s my place to put various articles and information that I feel like sharing. Sometimes feel compelled to opine on a topic. I don’t rally expect people to read my writings, but maybe the odd person will find something useful!
When I was working, I had a blog where I wrote technology articles. This website is focussed on cycling articles, since that’s my current passion.
As an active senior citizen cyclist, I find the double entendre really appropriate.
