Below you will find various ride reports on my various adventures while exploring gravel roads, cycle touring, and bikepacking.
Gravel, Touring, Bikepacking Ride Reports
Zwift FTP Ramp Test Review and Results
Today's post is about the cornerstone of any successful bike training plan, the FTP test. What is it, what purpose does it serve, the methods […]
Exploring Gravel – Springtime in Paris
It's been a busy summer with too much (or should I say not enough) time spent camping, bikepacking, and… for the first time in 18 […]
Exploring Gravel – L’Amable 40
While at our rental cottage in L'Amable a few weeks back, I had the chance to explore another very short section of the Hasty Highlander. […]
Exploring Gravel – Burks Fall’s Loop – West of 11
This is part two of my two-day adventure on the Burk's Falls Loop. I decided to break this ride report up into two separate posts. […]
Exploring Gravel – Burks Falls Loop East of Hwy 11
Another weekend, another adventure, this time the Burk's Falls Loop with my good friend Mike from @gravelroadcanada. The Burk's Falls Loop is a one or […]
Exploring Gravel – Hasty Highlander’s Lake Loop
I recently had the opportunity to ride the Lake Loop, an 80km extension of the Hasty Highlander bikepacking route by Matthew Kady. The Hasty Highlander […]
Durham Destroyer – The Full Monty – Part 2 – Bobcaygeon to Port Perry
This is the second of two parts about my three-day adventure on the Durham Destroyer Full Monty. If you haven't already, you can read part […]
Durham Destroyer – The Full Monty – Part 1 – Port Perry to The Hobbit House
The Durham Destroyer routes have been some of my favourite days on the saddle, so when I heard that a special one-of-a-kind commemorative mug would […]
Exploring Gravel – West Montrose Covered Bridge to Elora
My favourite gravel ride of the year so far happened just this past weekend. The route started just outside of Guelph, followed parts of the […]
Exploring Gravel – Cambridge Loop
With forecasted rain to the north and east, my only option for a Sunday ride a few weeks ago was to the west. Being newer […]
Exploring Gravel – Hillsburgh to the Luther Marsh
If there is one thing I've really come to like about gravel riding it's how it has encouraged me search out new routes, expand my […]
The Motherload – Loop 2 – A Photo Journal
Last weekend I decided to continue my three-loop version of An Adventure Cyclist's, The Motherload. With lots of gravel, crazy climbs, no winter maintenance roads, […]
2021 Norco Search XR C2 vs 2014 Rocky Mountain Vertex 930 on the Durham Destroyer
Comparing the 2021 Norco Search vs the 2014 Rocky Mountain Vertex on the Durham Destroyer I'm Not Wothy Gravel Grinder. […]
Exploring Gravel in Durham – East of Purple Hills
A few weeks ago, I attempted to ride my first gravel route build, The Tour of Scugog. The Tour of Scugog was planned as a […]
The Motherload – 75k Version – A Tale of Seven Hills
My first cycling goal for 2021 goal is capturing Durham Destroyer Triple Crown. I finished The Rookie a couple of weeks back and hope to do I'm […]
Tour of Scugog – A Route in Progress
"Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle… I want to ride my… bicycle, bicycle, bicycle… I want to ride my bicycle… I want to ride my bike… I want […]
Durham Destroyer – The Rookie – March 2021 Ride Report
My last big ride of 2020 was the Durham Destroyer – I’m Not Worthy, a punishing, yet fulfilling, 160km day that introduced me to the […]
2021 Durham Destroyer – I’m Not Worthy Ride Report
I had a lot running through my mind as I pulled into Port Perry the morning of September 26. With a 160km distance, 1km of […]
SoCycling’s 95km Milton Escarpment Ride
A view from the top of the Escarpment, Appleby Road north of Derry, on my Escarpment ride. […]
Cannonball Bikepacking Day 2 – Welland Canal to Dundas
Day 2 of my Cannonball 300 ride report covering the Welland Canal, Niagara Escarpment, and the final push back to Dundas. […]
Cannonball 300 Bikepacking Route – Day 1
The excitement was in the air as I pulled into the parking lot of the Hamilton Air Force Association early on Saturday, August 22. Greeting […]
Simcoe County Loop Trail Ride Report
I have been doing quite a bit of obsessing lately about bikepacking routes in Ontario, and recently stumbled across the Simcoe County Loop Trail. The […]
Cottage Ride Home via the Haliburton Rail Trail and Victoria Rail Trail
I decided to try a different way of coming home from the cottage last year. Rather than driving with everyone else, I passed my mom […]
Fathers Day Long Ride Report
With this year being a little different then most, I have been thinking lately about what my goals should be. I was going to focus […]