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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦

@thekilominator.substack.com
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Father, husband, writer, cyclist. I have cycled over 93,000 km around Essex County, Ontario since May 2020. I have written about these adventures in my book The Kilominator: www.kilominator.com.

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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 05/10/2026
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Lawnmower Epiphany
My stated goal was to mow the lawn, but midway through, I found myself standing motionless, mind-be-dashed in my back yard, ear buds affixed in my aural passageways, caught in the midst of time travel...
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 24/09/2026
Beautiful!
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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
G O O D M O R N I N G ☕
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 24/09/2026
Unreal!
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 24/09/2026
Coach of the opposing team at my son's soccer game cheated and I cannot the type of personality that would do that. thekilominator.substack.com/p/adults-suc...
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Adults Suck
In the middle of a play, yesterday, in my youngest son’s soccer game, a whistle went.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 17/09/2026
All going well, I’ll hit 96,000 km (since May 2020) with tomorrow’s ride.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 14/09/2026
I thought this was really interesting -- LIFE magazine September 24, 1971 issue featuring rock stars with their parents www.life.com/arts-enterta...
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Clapton, Zappa, Elton John: Photos of Rock Stars With Their Parents
A gallery of rock legends -- Clapton, Zappa, Elton John, Grace Slick and more -- and their totally square, totally sweet parents.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 10/09/2026
Stunning!
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 10/09/2026
Totally agree!
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 10/09/2026
I've had this experience. What a beautiful poem.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 07/09/2026
Attained my Labour Day Triumvirate
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 06/09/2026
Making my annual 100 km rides on Saturday, Sunday, and hopefully Monday of Labour Day Weekend in tribute to my old friend who passed away when we were kids. thekilominator.substack.com/p/memories-d...
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Memories Don’t Wait For Anniversaries
Labour Day, 2026.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 06/09/2026
You are the hero we don't deserve
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 04/09/2026
Love this line! U2 used it at the end of their song "Dirty Day."
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 03/09/2026
A nostalgic old favourite. When I lived in #Ireland, I sought out #RaglanRoad. I lived in #Rathmines at the time and was pleased it wasn't terribly far from there. Van Morrison sings a really great version with the Chieftains on his album, Irish Heartbeat from 1988.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 03/09/2026
Hit 95,000 lifetime kilometers last weekend (cycling since May 2020).
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 02/09/2026
Still have mine from 1991.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 02/09/2026
Hypocrites to the last
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 02/09/2026
Thinking back only a few weeks, going in search of #SamuelBeckett in #Paris thekilominator.substack.com/p/in-search-...
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In Search of Samuel Beckett
The day I nearly drank after sixteen years of sobriety
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 02/09/2026
"... Yiannopoulos, who entered the U.S. legally on May 14, 2019, according to the DHS, has frequently called for aggressive immigration enforcement in posts on his X account over the past year." Looks good on the son of a bitch www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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Milo Yiannopoulos says he was ‘terrified’ by the ‘brutality’ of his ICE deportation
Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has told TV interviewer Piers Morgan that he was “really, really terrified” after being detained by U.S. immigration officials.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🎨Olena Klymenko
Painting of four cyclists following each other, with their shadows to the side.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 01/09/2026
Random share that is much more edifying than the news www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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The Short Life and Tragic Death of the Comic Genius Behind 'Caddyshack'
Doug Kenney was a driving force behind National Lampoon magazine and its cocaine-fueled movies. His real life was less than hilarious.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 29/08/2026
I’m an avid cyclist. Why do I hate cycle shops? thekilominator.substack.com/p/im-an-avid...
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I’m an avid cyclist. Why do I hate cycle shops?
Quick answer: Because bike shop guys are dicks.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 25/08/2026
I have experienced this at jobs. There are people who are, for lack of a better term, "asshole cannons". Doug Ford is one. They are insufferable clowns. Every once in a while, however, an asshole cannon points at and unloads on a deserving target. The result can be... quite satisfying.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 24/08/2026
Beautiful!
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 23/08/2026
Love this!
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 23/08/2026
An article about a stressful bike ride I had a few days ago in #StCatharines #Ontario. It's always interesting cycling in different locales thekilominator.substack.com/p/im-an-idiot
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“I’m An Idiot”
Taking the dumbest bike ride of my life at 4 a.m. in St. Catharines, Ontario
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 22/08/2026
🫡 thank you
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 22/08/2026
The only way a US item in the grocery store ends up in my hand is due to deceptive labeling. But I take the extra minute and discard anything from the US. I live 400 meters from America. They can go fuck themselves.
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leafsnoincup2025.bsky.social @leafsnoincup2025.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 22/08/2026
Thank you Prime Minister Carney! The Americans cannot be trusted.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 22/08/2026
Ontario is with you Cheryl! I live 400 meters from the US, which I think of as the North Korea of the western hemisphere. Boycott is still strong with us. Used to go over all the time, never again. Doing all I can to support Canada 100%.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 21/08/2026
It staggers the imagination that anyone would write such a thing to/about that slug Donald Trump, the most odious and disgusting person in public life, known the world over as a rapist, pedophile, grifter, asshole. That's who this imbecile reveres!
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Phil Lynott born August 20, 1949: "When I'm in England, I say, I'm from Ireland. When I'm in Ireland, I say, I'm from Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say, I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Crumlin, I say, Leighlin Road. When I’m in Leighlin Road, I say I’m a Lynott."
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 18/08/2026
Trudging toward 95,000 lifetime kilometers by the end of this month. Looking good so far.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 18/08/2026
How can a deal be struck with an American administration that doesn't understand how trade deficits work, doesn't understand the basics of the economy? Also, how does Canada negotiate with people who don't honour agreements? The Americans are utterly unreliable.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 18/08/2026
You are right. I'll never set foot in that country again, and doing everything I can to never buy another USA product. Was at Pearson Airport a few weeks ago and the departure area for flights to the US was completely empty. Good. USA cannot be trusted.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 18/08/2026
The Americans are unhinged and unreliable. Why negotiate at all with them? They will just tear up the agreement in a week. They cannot be trusted.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 17/08/2026
I will be buzzing for a while longer over my recent trip to #Paris, such a beautiful city, such an incredible experience. thekilominator.substack.com/p/after-paris
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After Paris
I felt every kilometer I ever rode on my bike as I trudged up the iron stairs of the Eiffel Toward two weeks ago.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 16/08/2026
Back on the bike in Essex County after two glorious weeks in #ParisFrance. Overdid it yesterday, going for 100 km. I seized up around the 88 km mark and almost could not make it home. Better ride today. 162 km between yesterday and today.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 15/08/2026
I love #OrsonWelles and here he is on #TheDickCavettShow in 1970, sounding like Nostradamus, speaking how hated #America was around the world at that time. Much of what he says is quite haunting given the political climate of the #UnitedStates right now. youtu.be/8epmrsZCS7U?...
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Orson Welles Was On Another Level — His Best TV Moments (1 Hour of Pure Genius!)
YouTube video by Laurent Touil-Tartour
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 15/08/2026
#TheKilominator is in #Paris #France -- Paris Day 14. thekilominator.substack.com/p/paris-day-...
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Paris – Day 14: Leaving For Home
Our day began at 6 a.m.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 15/08/2026
I'd love to see some pics of this book if you're willing to share. What a lovely gift!
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 13/08/2026
I did not make here during my stay. Back to Canada tomorrow. Loved Paris! thekilominator.substack.com/p/paris-day-...
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Paris – Day 13: Free'p'Star, Panthéon, and Melancholy
The bogey in the room upon arriving in France was jet lag.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 13/08/2026
#TheKilominator is in #Paris #France -- Paris Day 13. Last fully day! thekilominator.substack.com/p/paris-day-...
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Paris – Day 13: Bistrot Léa Epilogue
I am not a “Hey, let’s eat out on the patio!” kind of guy when I go out for a meal.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 13/08/2026
#TheKilominator is in #Paris #France -- Paris Day 13. Last fully day! thekilominator.substack.com/p/paris-day-...
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Paris – Day 13: Free'p'Star, Panthéon, and Melancholy
The bogey in the room upon arriving in France was jet lag.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”
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How Paris beat the car
Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 13/08/2026
I am in the city and loving it! thekilominator.substack.com
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The Kilominator Chronicles | Substack
The search for stability and sanity through cycling. Click to read The Kilominator Chronicles, a Substack publication. Launched 5 days ago.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 13/08/2026
#TheKilominator is in #Paris #France -- Paris Day 12. thekilominator.substack.com/p/paris-day-...
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Paris – Day 12: Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie
Truism: You can’t miss in Paris.
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Kilominator 🍁🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 @thekilominator.substack.com · 11/08/2026
#TheKilominator is in #Paris #France -- Paris Day 11. #PalaceOfVersailles thekilominator.substack.com/p/paris-day-...
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Paris – Day 11: Palace of Versailles
We planned to do an evening Seine cruise to see the Eiffel Tower illuminated, last night, but instead turned in early so we’d be ready for the Palace of Versailles today.
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