Cycling in Waterloo Region

[dtkvictim]

I was cycling southbound on Philip St (between Albert and Columbia) today in the bicycle lanes, and man the quality is criminal. There are a bunch of sewer grates that drop down a couple inches from being level, and I'm positive I would've fallen flat on my face if I hit them. Honestly these photos from streetview don't even look as bad as they felt in person, and unfortunately the worst one is full of leaves so you can't even see it:





Thankfully traffic is light there so it was fine to swerve around. Northbound wasn't nearly as bad, aside from the random pieces of metal I hit. Oh, and the cones blocking part of it off.

I'm sure these are far from the worst in the region, but I usually go out of my way to avoid using bicycle gutters so I don't see them.