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>>Time of the week has bearing in that bikes are permitted on the Skytrain 
>>during the weekends<<

Actually, u are allowed on between 9AM and 3 PM during the week too.

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"Brian" <brianarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi Claire!
>
> 2 Questions:
>
> Are you arriving at DT vancouver and pedaling out to catch the ferry in 
> Tswassen??  Or are you coming up from Seattle??  OR, are you coming up 
> from Seattle, riding to DT van, and going on from there to the island?
>
> AND...
>
> What day of the week will you be making the trip?
>
> Question 1 derives from the fact that it is far easier to head out to the 
> Tswassen ferry terminal from the border crossing in south Surrey...If you 
> are travelling from DT van, I would try the Massey Tunnel shuttle to get 
> thru from Richmond to South Delta.  The shuttle itself was (still is?  I 
> didn't ride it at all last year) an aged Chevy cargo van towing a 20ft 
> utility trailer with aprrox 1doz or so armatures on the trailer deck to 
> clamp bikes to. (far as I can recall).  He might have to arrange it a 
> little differently than a single-rider bike, but I have no doubt he could 
> accomodate your tandem.  Also, the shuttle service, as may have been 
> mentioned, is FREE.
>
> I would not recommend the Alex Fraser Bridge route. (east out of Richmond 
> paralell to hwy 91 and over Annacis Island).  The previous posters may 
> have made the passage over the bridge sound more hazardous than it 
> actually is. (I ride it twice daily in-season)  BUT: the bridge walkway 
> itself has a few doglegs and bottlenecks which would be...interesting...to 
> negotiate with a fully loaded tandem...that, plus there is no freaking WAY 
> you would make the turn on the west side south end exit with a tandem; 
> most people can barely negotiate that hairpin on a single.  Best there to 
> blow right past the turnoff and try to get the tandem turned 'round in the 
> sandlot about 25ft past the turn.
>
> Time of the week has bearing in that bikes are permitted on the Skytrain 
> during the weekends.  Hopping on Skytrain downtown and leaving at say, 
> Scott Road or King George station would save you considerable time, but is 
> an even looooonger detour than the hwy 91/Alex Fraser route.  Tho' it 
> probably works out about the same, travel-time wise.
>
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