Reading Time: 8 minutes 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 comes in two forms, the[…]
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Durham Destroyer – The Full Monty – Part 2 – Bobcaygeon to Port Perry
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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 1 here, Durham Destroyer –[…]
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Durham Destroyer – The Full Monty – Part 1 – Port Perry to The Hobbit House
Reading Time: 11 minutes 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 be available to the first[…]
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Packing for a Two Night Bikepacking Trip
Reading Time: 5 minutes As I prepared for my first bikepacking trip, I had two key questions – When packing for bikepacking, what bags? And what goes where? I scoured the Internet far and[…]
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Full Review – Arkel – Handlebar Bag Large
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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Exploring Gravel – West Montrose Covered Bridge to Elora
Reading Time: 7 minutes 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 Guelph to Goderich Rail Trail,[…]
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Exploring Gravel – Cambridge Loop
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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 to exploring Ontario, I hopped[…]
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Exploring Gravel – Hillsburgh to the Luther Marsh
Reading Time: 5 minutes 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 heat map, and explore parts[…]
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The Motherload – Loop 2 – A Photo Journal
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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, the Garmin confusing maze known[…]
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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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