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David Dixon is a Mayoral candidate in the District of North Vancouver.

1. What type of bicycle riding do you do and how often?

Love my kids, 2,4 and six years old, my first bike had solid rubber tires, new sled can't even set up properly, but at 60 km/h know the brakes work. Still hit the trails for stress relief, what goes up must come down, for me as fast as possible.

2. What do you think your municipality has done well in cycling and where do you feel improvements are needed?

Talking with the residents and bikers the problem is not the degradation of the trails, the guys maintain them because thats where the fun is, the problem as I see it is setting up proper facilities for stripping down bikes and people. Nobody wants this in front or their house, so lets open Kilmer park in Lynn Valley, it has all the facililities we need and 56 parking spots also. It is a bit of a problem, open doors only hide so much, lets do it once and do it right, dedicated facilities for takeoff and nopefully safe landing.

3. Do you feel more money should be spent on cycling programs and what do you feel the priorities for spending should be?

Big guys / girls can look after themselves, little guys are just in training. They need proper instruction in safe biking but should also be encouraged to push the envelope. This will unfortunately result in spills but that is part of growing up, no pain no gain.

Society must revert to the past where we are and should he held accountalble for our own actions, is this not independence.