So I am simply posting this to see if there would be any interest for this kind of ride in the summer. I am thinking of doing rides (mostly on the weekend) from Montreal to Magog (Orford) and back within one day so your talking of about 240km ride give or take.
Hopefully completed within 12 hours.
So put it as a 12 hour epic of some sort, eventually I’d like to be able to do that, switch to hiking shoes, hike Mt. Orford eat at the top, hike down get back on the bike and head home. Another option of heading up on a Friday, doing rolling hills on Saturday and then heading back on a Sunday is possible depending if I have access to the country house on some weekends.
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I intend to do the same thing towards Mt. Tremblant as well.
I’ll post more details in the summer, but a friend and I have a 2 day trip planned to ride down to Lake Placid and back. it’s about 210 km each way on the route I mapped. All country roads, most with good paved shoulders, and a bit of climbing at the end My girlfriend will drive down and meet us there for the night with clothes for the evening plus fresh kit for the ride back.
Should be fun, and would be more fun with a bigger pack.
sounds good and I would love to do any of those other rides with you guys. I had done Montreal - Quebec in 21 hours and something with some carier bags because I intended to stay for a week or so.
It’s murder if your not used to being on your saddle for a long period of time and I had the smart idea of doing it on a single speed. I would do it again any time though but my suggestion, take the 138 not the 132… the 132 is killer because it pulls off from st-laurence and heads into farm land so you do more distance and it’s not all that fun, especailly on hot sunny days because you cook up pretty fast… and theres barely any places to re-supply.
Just noticed that this is a double post, so I guess we could use this one as primary post for anyone interested.
As soon as the snow melts enough or things clear up a bit I will post more details on the forums. Moir keep me informed about that ride, Id love to hit that up around the same time you go
been doing them for a couple years. the benefit is that they’re organized with cue sheets and controls (for verification and refueling), and the organizer drives all the routes first to make sure they’re correct and safe.
so on this subject, I’m having a hard time mapping out my route up the East cost of the US for a tour I’m planning to do in May. I’ve seen a bunch of websites on it (american bicycle association, East Coast Greenway, etc…) but at the end of the day I’m not too sure where the best places to look are. Any ideas?
PS - if this you prefer this to go into another thread, I’ll gladly take it there. I just thought it was on topic-ish.
Eytan, just go to http://www.mapmyride.com/ and start mapping it out using their tools. Streetview can help if you want to check out what the road actually looks like to make sure it has a shoulder, etc. I’ve used both sites to map out several of my 240 - 280 km routes back in the States. Hope it helps.
I love that comment because I to have seen that kind of thing when I went to Quebec city on bike… turns out the 132 seems to merge with a high way though thankfully there wasn’t to many cars and a nice shouldering.
Though a general note for all long rides at some point in time the only way to know what it’s like is to have ridden it once at least. Montreal Magog can go two ways depending on how fast you want to clear the distance… You can either ride on the 112 which isn’t bad and is slightly shorter then follow the green route or you can take the green route which is all smooth paved bike paths with no 20km/h - 25km/h speed limit signs so feel free to ride 30 - 40+ km/h and the even cooler thing is you actually get some shade (exception: you have to get scorched on the way though when passing by grandby)
I know there are spots with very little to no shouldering.
This route from Montreal to Burlington is pretty nice. The bike path to Chambly is awesome with the spiral bridge and a paved path through the woods, highly recommend this part at least. Rt. 223 down the river is pretty rough at times, but once you get down to the lake it’s worth it.
166 km each way, I did it round trip when I was much younger… not sure how but if you’re up for a double century here it is. Plus you get to cross the border on your bike.
Haha I’ve always wondered how it would be crossing the border by bicycle. Does anyone have any dates in mind for these adventures? I desperately need base miles after a knee injury has left me off the saddle for 2 weeks =(
My girlfriend will drive down and meet us there for the night with clothes for the evening plus fresh kit for the ride back.