Biking The Canalway Trail from North Tonawanda into Buffalo
High winds, heat, and a potential storm - great day for a bike ride along the Erie Canal and Niagara River. Though I'm not a cyclist, I like riding my bike for recreation as well as transportation. Why am I not a cyclist? Probably because I identify myself as a backpacker, a mountaineer, and a kayaker - those are the schema around which I base my life. Also, I've never really embraced the cycling culture, I look ridiculous in bike shorts, my bikes are ill suited for what I do, and I don't hang out with other cyclists. I'm just a guy that rides a bike. Of course, I'm training to tour the Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo next month so I guess I am kind of a cyclist; however, I wear my bicycling shorts underneath a pair of hiking pants. Anyway, I started from my home in North Tonawanda, weaving through the sleepy streets riddled with bike flipping potholes till I reached the relative safety of the Erie Canalway Trail, which is paved and generall...