Reading Time: 8 minutes When I first started riding gravel and writing last year, my iPhone was my camera of choice, and no matter how hard I tried, my pictures never turned out the[…]
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Category: Bikepacking
Initial Thoughts – Field and Forest Custom Frame Bag
Reading Time: 6 minutes This year I decided to dive headfirst into the world of bikepacking, purchasing my first gravel-specific bike, the Norco Search XR C2. With the bike out of the way, it[…]
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The Motherload – 75k Version – A Tale of Seven Hills
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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 Not Worthy in the next[…]
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Tour of Scugog – A Route in Progress
Reading Time: 7 minutes “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 to ride my bicycle… I[…]
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Durham Destroyer – The Rookie – March 2021 Ride Report
Reading Time: 8 minutes 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 fantastic gravel all around Port[…]
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2021 Durham Destroyer – I’m Not Worthy Ride Report
Reading Time: 10 minutes 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 climbing (actually turned out to[…]
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Cannonball Bikepacking Day 2 – Welland Canal to Dundas
Reading Time: 9 minutes Day 2 of my Cannonball 300 ride report covering the Welland Canal, Niagara Escarpment, and the final push back to Dundas.
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Cannonball 300 Bikepacking Route – Day 1
Reading Time: 9 minutes 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 me on my arrival were[…]
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Simcoe County Loop Trail Ride Report
Reading Time: 10 minutes 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 Simcoe County Loop Trail is[…]
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Cottage Ride Home via the Haliburton Rail Trail and Victoria Rail Trail
Reading Time: 8 minutes 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 the keys, hopped on the[…]
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