“We’ll start at the store in Kanata and go downtown,” says Eric Kunstadt, owner of Kunstadt Sports, suggesting a biking date.
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“Oh, downtown Kanata. How far is that?”
“Umm. Downtown Ottawa.”
“Okay. You may be Lance Armstrong, but I’m NO Sheryl Crow.” “We’ll take a tandem bike,” he suggests.
Now that sounded workable. If I get tired, he could do the work. Kunstadt Sports’ two locations – Bank St. South and Hazeldean Rd. in Kanata – sell mostly bike, tennis and hockey equipment, and they rent bikes including this tandem for $30 a day.
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