Is there a specific route or trail you want to hit up this summer? A distance or fitness goal of some sort? Planning a bicycle tour? Bikepacking?
Please share, I’m curious to see what all of you are getting up to for this summer!
Tangent to cycling, one of my summer goals is to revamp some badly neglected trails in my area. There is a segment I get a lot of enjoyment out of that hasn’t been maintained in years, so I’m busting out the shovel and clearing drains, reshaping features, and cutting weeds. Last time it rained, I was out there like a madman in the torrential downpour looking for pooling water and shoveling out low spots.
Planning to explore the different Routes Vertes out of Montreal to the nearby parks. Gonna do a bike camping trip to Oka once mosquito season dies down, then later on do Ptit train du nord to Mont Tremblant. If time allows gonna try and bike out to some of the parks in the Eastern Townships.
Oh I’ve been looking at Ptit train du nord! Looks fun, especially all the breweries en route :)
I have a Toronto to Ottawa bikepacking trip planned. Really excited and a little worried, it will be my first bikepacking adventure!
(This is my first post on Lemmy!)
Even though I’ve got thousands of KM of riding under my belt this past year, I realize that I haven’t really explored much of the surrounding areas.
So, my plan for this summer is to explore more!
The fact that I’ll be entering my second year of cycling so much stronger and more capable of riding longer than when I first started, time will be my only limiting factor! Exciting times!
Exploring more is a great goal. You never know what hidden gems you will find in your area.
I’ve been cycling to work every day for a summer internship in Austin. I really enjoy it, does wonders for mental and physical health. Apparently COTA has a bike night but on a weekday so I’m not sure if I’ll try that out since it’s pretty far.
The usual. Biking around the river valley when I’m in town to smoke doobies by the river and biking to the river when camping to smoke doobies.
Edmonton?
Did you just doxx me?? 😲
I saw River valley, and thought you might be a local. So i guess I’ll doxxing myself to make up for it…
All good :) See ya down there!
I’m on tour currently, about a good week in and i have time till the end of august. Heading towards south eastern europe from home in germany and then i’ll have to make further plans, i am a bit worried about the heat, not sure if i can take it.
Also a week in, heading up Norway. Been lucky with the weather so far, hopefully that holds!
That was my first idea too, but since the spring / early summer was so cold and rainy where i live, i didn’t feel like going north and get even more cold and rain. Pretty much the day i started riding it got sunny all day and kinda hot.
Good to hear you got good weather up there! Did you start your tour in norway? I am in switzerland now.
I did my first little cycle tour last summer, and I’m dying to get going again.
I’m thinking of touring the province of Prince Edward Island, I love riding on the coast (which islands tend to have a fair amount of) and apparently PEI has a very good network of cycling trails (at least for North American standards). If there’s anyone from there or who’ve biked there, let me know if you have any suggestions!
No big plan, other than just increasing the longest bike trip taken in a day. Currently my best is 25km. I think more importantly I’ve been consistent as its been a part of my daily commute to and from work since October
It’s hot here in Austin TX, so if you see someone speeding by on a Brompton with long flowing red hair, a tank top, and short shorts, there’s a likely chance it could be me.
Nice to see a fellow Bromptonite around here. :)
Hey, I’m in Austin for the summer. Any recommendations for biking-related things in Austin?
It depends! What kind of stuff are you into?
For mountain biking, Spider Mountain is a little more than an hour away and offers some great experiences. They even got a chairlift 🤯
There are lots of really nice paved and road-bike friendly trails around as well. I recommend South Walnut Creek Trail (also check out North Walnut Creek!) as well as the Lady Bird Lake Hike & Bike Trail.
We also have plenty of biking communities around as well that do group rides. For example, here’s a page where you can check out upcoming rides hosted by Bike Austin. Speaking of events, if you ever get the chance to check out one that the Austin Bike Zoo is attending, I would highly recommend it. They got some crazy art bikes that you won’t find anywhere else.
Touring out west to BC would be nice, but I definitely need some better camping gear. I also have an e-road bike and could use an $800 solar charger, I could probably get 150 to 200km with low power pedal assistance and there’s always just manually pedalling til my knees hurt lol
Going coast to coast through Canada is honestly my dream tour. I’m thinking of maybe doing it next summer, we’ll see how life goes!
Gotta rebuild wife’s bike around a new frame. Maybe take the GO to Niagara region and bike around wine country.
I wanted to get another 1000 miles in, but between being physically exhausted from work and mentally exhausted from other things, I’ll probably not get to that this summer.
You can do it, the hardest part is getting on the bike. Once you’re pedaling it’s always easier to keep pedaling!
100%.
I often regret NOT riding because of the weather/mood/energy/<insert other excuse here>, but have never regretted getting on the bike.
I love doing local commuting. I usually do it from spring until fall but I just started new meds that effect my appetite. So I have been a little cautious because sometime I will run out of energy and not realize it. So my first goal is just getting back on my usual schedule. Something about getting to a location just through your energy is so fun! I don’t love biking to bike but I love using it as transportation.
Will do some kind of bikepacking here in germany. Havent decided on a route yet. Hope i can find one where i can just spend the nights in my tent
I’ve always wondered how difficult it is to wild camp in Europe. It’s pretty easy here in Canada, but most of our country is relatively empty and sparsely populated.
As far as I know it is Not allowed here in germany, but in my early twenties I had good luck just asking a local farmer if I may put my tent up on theire property, 90% seid yes.
Also if you are not bothering anyone and clean up after yourself most of the time people dont bother you
It’s not exactly allowed in Canada either, at least the places I’ve done it. It’s legal on some crown land, but I’ve mostly done either little wooded areas just off the side of the road or low-traffic cemeteries. I’m in a pretty rural area though, so it’s easy to get away with. I’ve never had the guts to ask anyone to sleep on their land, but I always keep it in the back of my mind as a last resort.
Agreed that being respectful of others and the land goes a long way, a burnt out cyclist minding their own business and just trying to get some food and sleep doesn’t usually arouse too much suspicion.
