Today marks one year for the Daily Ride by Grady Semmens

Today marks the one-year anniversary of my bike commuting in Calgary photo project, The Daily Ride. This means that over the last year, I rode my bike to work 170 times, or a rough estimate of 1,700 kilometers.

And what a ride it has been! Brutal cold, rain, and heat.... a crash that destroyed my helmet bruised my hip.... beautiful sunrises and sunsets... dodging cars... detouring around parked trains... trying not to hit feral rabbits...I have yet to decide if I will continue shooting photos on a daily basis, and may scale the photo project back to just shooting when I feel suitably inspired, but I would like to thank everyone who has followed the project, provided comments and words of support on the blog and elsewhere. Plans are in the works to do something with the photos, perhaps an exhibition that is tied to raising awareness of bike commuting in Calgary, and I will keep everyone posted as they progress.

Thanks again and keep on riding!

- Grady

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toowheeler (Dec 4, 2007 at 10:04)

Great project Grady, I really enjoyed looking through the photos. Most people don't know it, but Calgary is the best city I've ever lived in to commute on a bike. Maybe the cities transportation department would be interested in your project as a way of "raising awarness".

dog-wagon (Dec 4, 2007 at 15:01)

Good work, The tour de memorial is some thing i look forward to every day... Love to pics can't wait to see what comes of it.

dobermanntrials (Dec 4, 2007 at 18:59)

Ive been going since this July, no plans on stopping, I wish the city of Montreal would do a better job of keeping the bike/pedestrian paths clear though.

toooldschool (Dec 4, 2007 at 11:22)

Congrats you are now better human.