cycling Archives - Dennis Tsang

WFH Desk Bike – Flexispot v9

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Dennis

I have been working primarily from home since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, and with our company moving to remote-first work permanently since last year, I’ve been looking for ways to improve my quality of life in my work-from-home environment. Check out the #wfh tag for posts about my other work-from-home equipment.

One of the issues with working from home is less opportunities for physical activity: I used to easily complete my 10k steps a day when I needed to work at the office. However, with my office only 15 steps away, this is much harder to complete nowadays.

After looking at various exercise options, I decided to go for the Flexispot v9 Desk Bike. I admit it’s a pretty expensive option for an exercise bike as it , but with a Black Friday discount and using my fitness reimbursement benefit from work, the price I ended up spending was pretty reasonable.

Cycling the Whistler Valley Trail

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by Dennis

The Valley trails in Whistler, B.C. provide over 40km of maintained multi-use trails connecting Whistler Village to Green Lake to the north, and Function Junction to the south.

Overview of the Whistler Valley Trail system. Download the detailed trail map from Tourism Whistler.

The trails are a mixed of gravel and paved paths which make cycling on them easy for anyone. The trails run through different settings such as within forested areas, alongside a road or lake, or in a meadow like along the hydro cut. The shade provided by the trees along most of the trails make the bike ride reasonably comfortable especially on a warm summer day.

Here are a couple time lapsed videos of my ride on a couple of the main trails.

Don’t use the bike lane to jump traffic

Posted on August 4, 2020October 3, 2020 by Dennis

A number of drivers here drive over the bike lane to jump the queue for the intersection.

As much as I personally think we have too many bike lanes in Vancouver, the bike lane is reserved for cyclists. Vehicles should not be driving over it for the purpose of passing traffic.

Vancouver Cyclist Running a Red Light

Posted on July 14, 2019July 29, 2019 by Dennis

Cyclists are subject to the same rules of the road as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act. That means not crossing an intersection against a red light, as this cyclist did. Luckily I was not going faster, or else I might have collided with them.