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Tackling Cancer on a Brompton Folding Bicycle

A metal display features a silhouette of someone holding a bike above their head. The text "The Ride To Conquer Cancer" appears below that. A man is standing next to the sign. He's smiling and looking at the viewer.

The only thing worse than having cancer is having cancer and needing to drive on Ontario’s awful Highway 401 to get treatment. That was my initial thought after learning about a clinical trial in Toronto around 110 km east of my home in Waterloo, Ontario. I’d recently been diagnosed with cancer, though it was early enough that there had been no spread. The prognosis was good for an otherwise bad kind of cancer to get. And the clinical trial looked like a promising fit for me. I was lucky, if that’s the right word to use when writing about having cancer.

A travel challenge

Not having spent much time in Toronto in recent years, though, travel challenges were foremost in my mind for the trial at Princess Margaret Hospital, one of the world’s leading cancer treatment and research hospitals. I was a little worried about the logistics of regular travel to and from the hospital; Highway 401 is a significant mental barrier for me, as well as a decidedly physical one as it’s usually so congested with heavy traffic.

A view of a multilane controlled access highway, looking ahead towards cars in three lanes of traffic. A sign over the lanes reads "401 East. Toronto."

After my first visit to meet the clinical trial team at the hospital, though, I started to reevaluate my options.

Bicycle Coach

Traveling by GO Transit train had easily taken me from Waterloo to Toronto and back again, and I had noticed that bikes could be taken on board. I started to think about taking my bike with me on my train trips. It turns out, though, that only some coaches will take bikes, and then only two bikes on a coach. 

A composite image that shows bike icons on two GO Trains. The icon on the train on the left shows a bike in silhouette in a whte circle with a green border. Beneath the icon there's text that reads "2 only seulement". The icon on the train on the right shows a bike in silhouette in a white circle with a red border and a read bar through it. There’s text that reads “GO Plus. Free Wi-Fi on this coach. Wi-Fi gratuit dans cette voiture.”

That’s not really practical for planning a predictable trip. But as an avid cyclist, biking from home to the local train station, riding the train to Toronto, then biking to the hospital and other locations remained particularly appealing.

How about a Brompton?

I then started to look into folding bikes in general, and Brompton bikes in particular. I’ll confess that much of my limited knowledge of the Brompton had come from the bike’s wonderful comedic appearances in the BBC TV show W1A. But I was intrigued enough to investigate more.

A metal display features a silhouette of someone holding a bike above their head. The text "The Ride To Conquer Cancer" appears below that. A man is standing next to the sign. He's smiling and looking at the viewer.

I soon discovered Pedaal, a Brompton dealer in Toronto (and Canadian Brompton distributor) that’s not that far from the hospital. 

A view into a retail space. At the back there's a counter with various drinks available. There are two people standing at the counter. The ceiling has plants and mini banners hanging down. It's all quite colourful.

One day after a hospital visit, I headed over to the shop. There, co-owner Eric Kamphof looked after me, letting me test ride multiple bikes on neighbourhood streets and answering my many questions. That initial visit gave me lots to think about.

An obvious choice

Once I was home it didn’t take me long to conclude that an Electric G Line would be the perfect choice for me, and a great investment in my own health. I could take it with me on my GO Transit train trips to and from Toronto.

Sixteen cubby hole shelves hold folded Brompton bikes and bags. A ladder rests against the shelves.

And it would give me the flexibility to get to multiple locations in my healthcare journey. Plus the smooth pedal-assist boost would keep me cycling for years to come. I made arrangements with Eric to purchase the bike and return to Toronto to pick it up.

Kitting out the Brompton

I didn’t get too many accessories for the bike to start, as I wanted to spend more time riding it to better understand what I might need. And the battery bag that it came with did have room to carry a few things. I did, though, get a lock, and a loud electric horn to use when car drivers are being awful. And I got a mirror as I always use one for general situational awareness. I also got a cool Fidlockwater bottle that mounts to the bike with magnets on a low-profile attachment point. These accessories gave me a ready-to-explore urban bike, one that’s fun to ride and feels safe.

In the foreground, there’s a Brompton bicycle leaning against a storefront. Behind the Brompton in the store window, there are multiple posters, including one for Cycling Guide.

To finish off my initial set-up, I already had a helmet and Quad Lock case for my phone, as I use them with my regular bike. I got a handlebar Quad Lock mount for the Brompton, as the Cycling Guidemobile app that I work on is so important to me when cycling to new places. The routes are great here in Waterloo, and I’m also discovering how they are in our currently-limited Toronto-area testing. I always prefer our routes to those from the big map app players.

Getting home

My first day riding my new Brompton in Toronto after taking delivery of it was exhilarating. Downtown Toronto is a profoundly car-centric environment, but at least there are multiple streets with physically separated bike lanes. 

In the foreground, there’s a Brompton bicycle leaning against a storefront. Behind the Brompton in the store window, there are multiple posters, including one for Cycling Guide.

Cycling from Pedaal to Union Station to catch the GO Transit train was straightforward and surprisingly fun, with those separated bike lanes providing a safe space for me and many other cyclists to ride in. The subsequent train ride back to Waterloo was relaxing and issue-free, with my Brompton folded on the floor next to me. Cycling home from the Kitchener GO station was a breeze.

Gearing up

As I rode my new Brompton here in Waterloo and in Toronto, I gradually came to better understand my riding needs. On the less-exclusively-bikey side, I picked up a light rain jacket for the Toronto trips when there was rain expected. That worked out well, though I’m happy to have missed the worst of an intense storm that hit one day, seeing only a little light rain when I was riding.

A three quarter front view of a bike. There's a large bag hanging on the front. The bike is leaning against a raised vegatable garden bed..

I wanted to use an old-school milk crate on the rear rack to make grocery shopping more practical. I added a couple of bungee cords and it’s ready to haul! The crate has worked great both at a favourite farm market and favourite independent grocery store. The 45º orientation of the crate on the rack ensures that my heels don’t hit it while I’m peddling.

A 3/4 overhead view of a bag on the front of a bike. Various groceies can be seen filling the bag.

More recently, I decided to address a minor limitation that became apparent over the last few months. The small battery bag can carry a few items, and the milk crate can carry a decent load of groceries. I found, though, that I needed something in between to handle running errands that included a smaller shopping haul while folding the parked bike. That led me to the Brompton front basket, which is open-topped like a traditional basket and has decent capacity. It’s been a wonderful and practical addition to the bike so far.

The Bottom Line

That pretty much sums up the physical bike and its accessories. This set-up is ideally suited to my current needs, and the Brompton is clearly an adaptable bike that’s more than capable in a variety of riding contexts.

A view of a subway train approaching passenger platform. There's a white tiled wall on the left, with the station name that reads "QUEE'S PARK. COLLEGE STREET."

In multiple rides since getting it, my Brompton has emphatically confirmed for me that I’d made the right choice. It’s exceeded all my expectations and been a joy to ride. Traveling with it on the train has been revelatory. My cancer care team has been impressed with it too! And each of my three sons has ridden it and they love it as much as I do.

As a person who cycles for day-to-day transportation, I’ve been delighted with its practical utility. Clearly the Brompton isn’t just for train rides! It’s been great for grocery runs here in Waterloo, and just running errands in general. It’s also been a fun conversation-starter for people who see it, especially on the train and at the hospital. 

But those stories are for another time.

This post was initially published at the Pedaal blog. And it includes text adapted from an earlier post here.



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Getting to know my new Brompton folding bicycle

In the foreground, there’s a Brompton bicycle leaning against a storefront. Behind the Brompton in the store window, there are multiple posters, including one for Cycling Guide.

I’ve written about my recently acquired Brompton Electric G Line bike few times on Mastodon. I thought an update on some of the specifics of my experience might be interesting. 

I bought the bike in July after spending time testing various models at Pedaal, a Toronto Brompton dealer (and Canadian distributor). At that point, I didn’t get too many accessories, as I wanted to spend more time riding the bike to better understand what I might need.

The battery bag that it came with had room for a few things. I did, though, get a lock, and a loud electric horn to use when car drivers are being awful. And I got a mirror as I *always* need one for general situational awareness. I also got a cool Fidlock water bottle as it attaches to the bike with magnets on a low-profile attachment point. These items gave me a ready-to-explore urban bike, one that’s fun to ride and feels safe.

An overhead view of the handlebars of a bike. From left to right theres a mirror, a button for a horn, a bike controller, a horn, a phone on a mount, and a bell. There's a waterbottle mounted on the tube leading to the handlebars. There's a large bag hanging off the front.

I already had a helmet and Quad Lock case for my phone, as I use them with my regular bike. I got a handlebar Quad Lock mount for the Brompton, as Cycling Guide is so important to me when cycling to new places. The routes are great here in Waterloo, Ontario, and I’m also discovering how they are in our limited Toronto-area testing. I prefer our routes to those from the big players.

An overhead view of the handlebars of a bike. From left to right there's a button for a horn, a bike controller, a horn, a phone on a mount with a map on its screen, and a bell. There's a waterbottle mounted on the tube leading to the handlebars. There's a large bag hanging off the front.

As I rode the Brompton here in Waterloo, and in Toronto after travelling there via GO Train, I slowly came to better understand my riding needs. On the less-exclusively-bikey side, I picked up a light rain jacket for the Toronto trips when there was rain expected. That worked out well, though I’m happy to have missed the worst of the storm that hit on Wednesday, seeing only a little light rain when I was riding.

I wanted to use an old-school milk crate on the rear rack to make grocery shopping more practical. I added some bungie cords and it’s ready to haul! The crate has worked great both at a favourite farm market and favourite independent grocery store. The 45 degree angle ensures that my heels don’t hit it while I’m peddling.

In the foreground, there’s a Brompton bicycle leaning against a rural mailbox. There’s a red milk crate mounted on the back of the bike, such that the sides are at a 45º angle to the rack it's on. There are flowers and other plants in two gardens, and trees in the background. It's a sunny day.
A view of a bike parking area, a Brompton locked to a post-and-ring style parking spot. A large crate is mounted on the rerar rack of the bike. In the background there’s the wall of a building. On the wall the words “Central Fresh Market” are prominent.

More recently, I decided to address a minor limitation that became apparent over the last couple of months. While the small battery bag can carry a few items, and the crate can carry a decent load of groceries, I needed something in between to handle running errands that included getting a smaller grocery haul while folding the parked bike. That led me to the front basket bag, which is open-topped like a traditional basket and has decent capacity.

A 3/4 overhead view of a bag on the front of a bike. Various groceies can be seen filling the bag.
A three quarter front biew of a bike. There's a lrage bag hangng on the front. The bike is leaning against a raised vegatable garden bed..

That pretty much sums up the physical bike and its accessories. I’ll follow up soon with some details on how I use it here in Waterloo and in Toronto. But as a preview, the Brompton has exceeded my expectations in every way!

You can read this post in its Mastodon thread form as well.

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A change of direction for this blog going forward

A pole has four blue wayfinding signs, each pointing in a different direction. Each sign indicates what can be found by traveling along the trail in that direction.

I’m trying something new. For years, now, this blog has been far less active than when I started it. And most of the more-recent posts are re-blogged from other places where I was/am more active — Cycling Guide currently and, in the past, Fluxible and Zeitspace.

I find posting on Mastodon, where I have a small community of people I follow and who follow me, to be a much more enjoyable place to write and engage with people. And I just don’t think I have much of importance or interest to capture in a blog post, other than the reblogged posts about Cycling Guide. Given that, what to do with this blog? Should I just let it exist in a dormant state? Or try something else?

I’m going to change my approach. I’ll try writing longer threads on my Mastodon account, and then assembling them for publication here on my blog. We’ll see how it goes!

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Cycling Guide now supports getting routes in London, Ontario

A curvy multi-use path recedes into distant trees. Three people on bikes are approach, and they all look happy!

We’re excited to announce a wonderful new milestone! Our Cycling Guide mobile app is now available for use in London, Ontario, following an extended period of beta testing with people there who like to cycle. As someone with family in London, I’m especially happy that people there will have access to the best available low-stress, cycling-friendly routes to get where they want to go.

We worked closely with the good people at London Cycle Link to reach this milestone. It’s an organization with years of advocacy work to its credit, and the people there bring a deep understanding of the needs of people who cycle in the city: “We help Londoners ride more. We do this by building skills and confidence, advocating for safe streets and paths, and fostering a thriving cycling culture.”

And there’s been welcome financial support as well! The City of London is our Platinum sponsor in London, and The Biking Lawyer is our Gold Sponsor. (Please get in touch if you’re interested in sponsoring Cycling Guide in London or any of our other regions!)

Brian Shilton Chair of the  Board of Directors at London Cycle Link, is enthusiastic about cycling in London.

With the beautiful trails along the Thames river and improvements in London’s cycling infrastructure, many Londoners are choosing to use their bicycle to move around. London Cycle Link wants to Help Londoners Ride More by bringing the Cycling Guide mobile app to London. Cycling Guide will help Londoners find the lowest -stress  routes and encourage even more people to discover the joy and freedom of cycling!

And Molly Miksa, Transportation Demand Management Coordinator for the City of London, has this to say:

I bike regularly, so my regular routes are pretty well set in my mind. When I tested out Cycling Guide, I expected it to confirm my standard course. What surprised me was that the app suggested a low-stress shortcut through my neighbourhood that I hadn’t been aware of!

We’re working hard at the City of London to improve cycling infrastructure and supports, and we’re excited for more people to start riding bikes. We hope that Cycling Guide will be a tool for people to use, that will ease them into trying out a mode of transportation that is healthy, sustainable and fun – and do it safely and comfortably.

Here at Cycling Guide Foundation we feel great about making it easy for people in London to cycle around the city using the best available low-stress, cycling-friendly routes.

Want to try Cycling Guide in London? Get the app now for Android or iPhone. 

Happy cycling! 😀🚴🏼‍♀️❤️

This post was originally published on the Cycling Guide Foundationsite.

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Cycling Guide t-shirts are now available

A view of the upper torso of someone. They're wearing a colourful short-sleeved buttun up shirt that's open, revealing a black t-shirt with a white and green Cycling Guide log, with text that reads "CyclingGuide.org Low Stress Routes"

Well, we rolled out these fun Cycling Guide t-shirts a few weeks ago, but neglected to write about them here!

There’s not a lot to say, really, other than we think that they’re pretty cool! And that we partnered with Slashgraphics to make them available. 

Why? We discovered that Slashgraphics make available shirts for Bikeology, an Edmonton-based organization that is a women-led, women-focused, non-profit helping all women to thrive as urban riders. Why wouldn’t we want to bask in that reflected glory?

So if you like using our mobile app, or hope to see it providing routes in your own community one day, consider buying one, or more, of our t-shirts!

Happy cycling!

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Cycling Guide now supports getting routes in Saskatoon

In the foreground, and adult and a child are riding a bike together. Behind them there are other people cycling. Ion the background there's a bridge crossing a river. It's a sunny summer day.

We’re excited to announce that our free Cycling Guide mobile app is now available to provide the best available low-stress, cycling-friendly routes in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 

This milestone follows an extended period of beta testing with people there who like to cycle. We were delighted to work with the great folks at Saskatoon Cycles to make this happen, and we couldn’t be happier with the results! As they put it on their website, “Our mission is to advocate for a city where year-round cycling is actually safe and convenient for people of all ages.” And Cycling Guide helps them deliver on that mission.

Gordon Holtslander is the Chair of Saskatoon Cycles, and has worked closely with us on this project  to make Cycling Guide a success in his city. He has this to say about Cycling Guide in Saskatoon:

Saskatoon Cycles is very excited to have the Cycling Guide launching in Saskatoon. The addition of routes with color coded stress levels is a game changer for folks who want to ride more, but just aren’t sure which route to take. We are expecting to have more riders on the roads and paths because of it!

Sounds good to us!

Get the app now for Android or iPhone. 

Happy cycling!

This post was originally published on the Cycling Guide Foundationsite.

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Announcing Cycling Guide 3.0

A view of an urban map. There are route traces overlaid on the map, each with a label that indicates its distance and duration.

We’ve been busy this past winter working on updates to our Cycling Guide mobile app. We’ve added some improvements, fixed some bugs, and now we’re ready to reveal the results. Cycling Guide 3.0 is now available for Android in the Google Play Store and iPhone in the App Store. This new release has many updates and fixes. Here are a few highlights:

  • We’ve updated the way that we manage Regions in the app. Relatedly, Cycling Guide now provides the best available cycling-friendly routes in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with more new Regions  to come soon!
  • We’ve added a few more Cycling Tips to help folks who may be new to cycling. And our tips are now managed more effectively, meaning we can update them and add new ones quickly as needed!
  • Explore Rides have been updated. People using the app can now view an Explore Ride directly without having to get a route to its start.
  • We’ve added a few more friendly businesses. And these are now managed more effectively, meaning we can update them and add new ones quickly as needed! And in Waterloo Region, ON, we now show the locations for the City of Kitchener’s Bikecheck for secure cycle storage at special events all summer. We’ll be adding similar valet bike parking for other Regions as well.
  • We’ve added sponsorships for 2026. We think of our sponsors as valued partners, and their financial support helps us keep Cycling Guide free for everyone!
  • We implemented many bug fixes of the recent “off season”! The most notable/annoying might be a bug that prevented people who had just installed the app from getting past the terms and conditions screen. That’s fixed!
  • We’ve updated (and thoroughly tested) the way that we process data for use in our routing, and as a result our routes are improved in all Regions!
  • And we’ve improved search results for addresses and locations, with better and more consistent results in all Regions.

There’s more to come in the next few weeks! Happy cycling, everyone!

This post was originally published on the Cycling Guide Foundationsite.

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Looking back on Cycling Guide in 2025

A desktop has some cycling-related artifacts: the Cycling Guide app icon, 6 cycling-related books, a phone with the Cycling Guide initial screen, and a model bicycle.

The end of the year is fast approaching, and as so many other organizations are doing, we’re reflecting on our progress over the past 12 months.

For our free Cycling Guide mobile app, we hit some gratifying milestones. We launched version 2.0 of the app last Spring, a major release which included many improvements and new features. And we did several more minor releases over the summer.

That version 2.0 release also set us up to add support for providing routes in three new regions, something that we’d been working on for many months. In June we launched in Ottawa, Halifax, and Sarnia-Lambon, enabling us to provide the best available low-stress, cycling-friendly routes to people in those communities. We‘ve been thrilled with the positive response. And we’re proud to have been able to work closely with our partners at Bike Ottawa, Halifax Cycling Coalition, and nuSarnia in those communities.

If you’re interested in learning more, you can check out a few presentations I’ve done over the last few weeks.

Vélo Canada Bikes is Canada’s national cycling advocacy organization. On November 21 I did a presentation, along with Dave Robertson and Guillaume Gaillard of Bike Ottawa, to Vélo Canada Bikes members about how we introduced our free Cycling Guide mobile app to Ottawa this past summer.

And on December 1  did a presentation to the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group, going into some detail about our approach to routing and processing OpenStreetMap data. There were good questions that resulted in an engaging conversation.

Communitech is a tech advocacy organization in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. I appeared on the December 10 episode of Communitech’s Tech About Town podcast talking about our mobile app, our Foundation, and what we’re trying to do to support people cycling. I had a great time with hosts Alex Kinsella and Isibeal Ryan for this podcast! Check it out. The episode should be available wherever you get your podcasts.

We’re working to get Cycling Guide into more regions in 2026, and are excited about the conversations that we’re been having! But we’ll have more to say about that in the new year. In the meantime, if you’re interested in getting Cycling Guide working where you live, please get in touch with us. We’re always happy to partner with cycling groups in other cities and regions to expand our geographic coverage!

And finally, we reached another big milestone in June. Cycling Guide Foundation is now a registered charity in Canada! When we launched as a not-for-profit corporation in 2023, our intent was always to become a charity. Why? We wanted to send a strong signal that our mobile app is intended to be free for everyone, and that we won’t have the kinds of pressures that can result in for-profit corporations compromising the privacy and overall experience that people have with their products.

And from a viability perspective being a registered charity opens up the possibility of grants and other funding from a variety of like-minded foundations. Relatedly, it means that when we receive donations from individuals we can issue an official donation receipt for income tax purposes.

Want to make a donation to support our work on our Cycling Guide mobile app?

You can donate today!

Thanks for being with us on our journey. 

Happy cycling, and see you again in the new year 😀🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏿‍♂️🚴🏼❤️

This post was originally published on the Cycling Guide Foundationsite.

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Let’s talk about Cycling Guide numbers

A view from a rider's perspective of the handlebars of a bike. A phone is mounted on the handlebars, and a map is visible showing a route being followed.

We’ve had quite an eventful summer, with our Cycling Guide mobile app introducing the best available low-stress, cycling-friendly routes to three new regions: Halifax, Ottawa, and Sarnia-Lambton. And, of course, we still provide routes in Waterloo Region and Guelph, as we have since our launch in 2023.

And use of the app has increased dramatically! The numbers really have been something to see. How do we know that? Read on!

This summer, we introduced some under-the-hood functionality to help us better understand how people use the app. Specifically, it would be helpful for us to know the following:

  • Monthly Active Users
  • Weekly Active Users
  • Daily Active Users

This information is important to our partners in the four regions where the app provides routes, as it gives an idea of how many people are using the app. That’s also of interest to funding organizations, for obvious reasons. We’ve added functionality in Cycling Guide to pass  information to the server (without tracking individuals in any way) indicating if the app has been used on a given day, within a given calendar week, or within a given month. And you’ll see shortly what we’ve learned.

This summer we also introduced screens that thank our supporters. We tried to do this with some care, showing a screen briefly when someone selects a Region to use. And a supporter screen will be shown again in seven days. We wanted to balance a great user experience with our desire to express our sincerest thanks to the partners and supporters who help make the app possible. We think we have the balance right, minimizing the interruption, but we’ll know more as the year progresses.

So what have we learned so far? The most meaningful number that I’ll share today is Monthly Active Users. In July, the Cycling Guide app was used by 1,038 people. Most of them were in Waterloo Region. That’s because while we introduced three new Regions in time for Canada Day, our partners hadn’t yet publicized the app widely by month’s end.

But that changed in August when Bike Ottawa and Halifax Cycling Coalition started to publicize the app more widely, including through news stories in legacy media like radio, TV, and newspaper. While the reach of those media may be dramatically lower than in years past, the impact is still significant. Marketers call appearances there “earned media”, and it can be invaluable in getting the word out. After an appearance on CTV News (TV) and CBC Radio, the impact on our usage was staggering.

Looking back at the month of August, the Cycling Guide app was used by 5,020 people. That’s more than quadruple what we saw in all of July!.

We’ve seen a corresponding increase in our installed base. While Apple and Google present things differently, we can still extract and assemble numbers that tell us how many people have installed Cycling Guide. At the end of July, around 3,210 people had installed the app on their phone (around 2,150 for iPhone and 1,060 for Android). As of today, those numbers have jumped dramatically. Around 7,725 people have installed the app on their phone (around 4,850 for iPhone and 2,875 for Android).

What does it all mean? Really, it’s too soon to say with any confidence, but it does look like there’s an unmet demand for cycling routes that avoid the stress of riding with traffic. And Cycling Guide is starting to meet that demand.

This post was originally published on the Cycling Guide Foundationsite.

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Cycling Guide now supports getting routes in Ottawa 

Two cyclists, each towing a trailer with a child, are riding along an asphalt path. There are bright red tulips in the foreground. There's a river in the background. Trees are mostly bare.

We’re excited to announce that our Cycling Guide mobile app is now available for use in Ottawa, Ontario, following an extended period of beta testing with people there who like to cycle. As someone who grew up in Ottawa, I’m especially happy that people there will have access to the best available low-stress, cycling-friendly routes to get where they want to go.

Our initial launch in 2023 covered only Waterloo Region and Guelph, Ontario. That’s because initially, it was meant to be a local project, one that was done in partnership with CycleWR. But we knew early on that the app would be wonderful to use in other regions.

We worked closely with the good people at Bike Ottawa to reach this milestone. It’s an organization with over 40 years of advocacy work to its credit, and the people there bring a deep understanding of the needs of people who cycle in the city. And there was financial support via donations from many individuals as well as The Biking Lawyer.

“Cycling Guide is going to empower local bike users and make them safer, and we’re very happy to have helped it come to Ottawa”, says board member Guillaume Gaillard.

And Dave Robertson, one of the people who has been testing Cycling Guide extensively in Ottawa, has this to say about his experience:

I want to say something about Cycling Guide. I think it might be changing my perception of how tough it is to get around. Before, it always felt like a challenge to get from A to B because of missing links and not having local knowledge. I find that is disappearing now and I feel more comfortable and confident getting around. I would even say my perception of the City is not as negative as it was before. There is a shift happening.

The feedback and response during testing has been overwhelmingly positive! People in Ottawa really do want to be able to cycle on low-stress routes to get where they’re going. And we feel great about making that easy for them to do via the best available low-stress, cycling-friendly routes.Want to try Cycling Guide in Ottawa? 

Get the app now for Android or iPhone. 

Happy cycling!

This post was originally published on the Cycling Guide Foundationsite.