Sainte Agathe de Monts to St. Jerome 8/22/23. 35 miles. AIS: 3:15. 10.8mph Elev. 357 ft. Today was the kind of day that I was hoping and wanting this Canadian ride to be. Short mileage with time to enjoy the beauty and interesting places! Today’s section of trail was noticeably busier than the last 3Continue reading “Day 5. Blue sky, sunshine and Rivière du Nord”
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Day 4. Up to Mont Tremblant Resort
8/21/23. LaBelle to Saints Agathe de Monts Stats: 51 mi. AIS: 5:26. 9.3 mph. Elev 1243 We had a little riding and a little climbing to do today. Actually today is our longest day in time and distance. We had a change of trail surface today. The last 2 days were asphalt… some of itContinue reading “Day 4. Up to Mont Tremblant Resort”
Day 3 Lakes and Rivers…and train stations
8/20/23. Val Barette to LaBelle, Quebec Stats: 45 mi. AIS: 4:12. 10.6 mph. Elev. 642 ft Perhaps many days on our ride will be lakes and rivers but todays ride along the trail was in the Laurentian Mountains! It is THE summer and winter mecca for Montreal-ites and Q-Citians. There are many, many cabins onContinue reading “Day 3 Lakes and Rivers…and train stations”
Day 2. 8/19/23 Mont Laurier to Val Barrett on the P’tit du Nord
11.5 mi. AIS 1:15 hrs. Elev 846 ft. For the next 3 days we are riding the P’tit Train du Nord. The literature describes it as follows:. Running along a decommissioned Canadian Pacific Railway line through the Laurentian Mountains, northwest of Montréal, the 124-mile “linear park” is now a mix of hard-packed gravel and asphalt,Continue reading “Day 2. 8/19/23 Mont Laurier to Val Barrett on the P’tit du Nord”
Let’s roll…Montreal to St Jerome.
Day 1. 8/18/23. 42.5 mi. AIS: 4:21. (Ass in Saddle). 839 ft elev. 10mph It was raining in the early morning so we weren’t in a big hurry to depart. Forecast was to improve as the day progressed. 10am start. Within minutes we were on a nice separate bike path. This lasted a few miles,Continue reading “Let’s roll…Montreal to St Jerome.”
Good morning to bonne nuit!Billings MT to Montreal….
Oops! Forgot to switch my footwear from flip flops to my bike shoes and left my bike shoes at home when I left the house for the airport😱. Realized my error at the TSA line! Fortunately my nephew Dante saved me and grabbed my shoes and delivered them to me at the airport! About aContinue reading “Good morning to bonne nuit!Billings MT to Montreal….”
Touring bicycle…the Horse
Our touring bike of choice is the Trek 520 disc. We bought these about a year before our Southern Tier ride and have loved them since we got them. Trek has been making the 520 since 1983. They came out with disc brakes in 2018 or so. These touring bikes are steel framed so theyContinue reading “Touring bicycle…the Horse”
Packing and Boxing of the “Horse and Carriage”
Basically we followed the same procedure we used for our Southern Tier ride. It worked really well. For those of you new to my blog posts or to refresh your memory…I’ll give you the method we are using. After all the planning and gathering of gear and equipment it’s ready to fit into the appropriateContinue reading “Packing and Boxing of the “Horse and Carriage””
Here we go again…. Cycle Eastern Canada 2023 eh?!!
WHERE NOW?? WHY CANADA? After completing the long dreamed about transcontinental tour of the United States in 2022 (Southern Tier) the main question I received is: “Where are you going next?” We decided we would like to tour a foreign country. Neither of us had spent any time in eastern Canada and it qualifies asContinue reading “Here we go again…. Cycle Eastern Canada 2023 eh?!!”
Recumbent touring.
Absolutely the best way to tour for me. I didn’t think so at first though, I was seriously thinking of trading it in the first days out of San Diego. First excuse is I had only a few rides on it before we left and secondly I didn’t realise how important weight distribution is forContinue reading “Recumbent touring.”
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