Mad Mike
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Straight flat roads through pastoral orchards and farm fields may be scenic, but I think the topic of discussion is the road itself, not so much the scenery along side.
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Need a 400-600km ride idea for this week.
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malamute62
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This gets you Forks of the credit, Hockley valley, Beaver Valley, Pretty river. All for around 500kms
Oshawa to Oshawa
Oshawa to Oshawa
Relax
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You must be thinking of a different road. The Niagara Parkway basically follows the shore of Niagara River. No orchards or farm fields.
Shane is spot on. West of the 400 we live with what I have heard referred to as "The Curse of the British Surveyor". You have to look long and hard to find bits that aren't just so much straight line.
Robbo
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Mineral Springs is the best I’ve found. There’s enough windy roads and elevation changes in the general area around the escarpment (Ancaster Hamilton Burlington). Link them up the right way and you have a few hours of decent riding...you may need to ride some straight roads or slab to get out there.
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I guess he could hit up all the small sections around hamilton/burlington for a change (snake road, rattlesnake point, mineral springs, sulphur springs, old dundas rd, etc).
J_F
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if anyone's up in that Madawaska area looking for a bit of forest road fun
head south out of Quadeville and follow the river road
a bunch of stops along the way where you can go down to waterfalls etc for a rest/snack
takes about an hour at a smell the roses pace and you end up out on hwy 41
gravel road but in good condition, any bike would be fine on it
head south out of Quadeville and follow the river road
a bunch of stops along the way where you can go down to waterfalls etc for a rest/snack
takes about an hour at a smell the roses pace and you end up out on hwy 41
gravel road but in good condition, any bike would be fine on it
Obviously not a 600 km run, but it would be fun sometime to hit all of the 5xx roads. In general, they seem to be nice riding roads. 533 is nice, but it is a hike to get there and not worth the travel but if you planned a route linking them all it could be a good adventure.if anyone's up in that Madawaska area looking for a bit of forest road fun
head south out of Quadeville and follow the river road
a bunch of stops along the way where you can go down to waterfalls etc for a rest/snack
takes about an hour at a smell the roses pace and you end up out on hwy 41
gravel road but in good condition, any bike would be fine on it
if anyone's up in that Madawaska area looking for a bit of forest road fun
head south out of Quadeville and follow the river road
a bunch of stops along the way where you can go down to waterfalls etc for a rest/snack
takes about an hour at a smell the roses pace and you end up out on hwy 41
gravel road but in good condition, any bike would be fine on it
Thanks. That actually looks awesome and it's a road that's never been on my radar.
Now, the decision to go run off this week and ride it, or to save it for a bigger week long trip I've got planned with a bunch of friends in August when we're going to be out that way anyways.
Or maybe both lol.
that sounds like a sweet ride in the making. Call it the COVID 500 series and ride as many of them as you can in one day.
Iceman
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I actually looked into it last night and there are a ton of 500 series in the area north of North Bay and Sudbury, but then also a bunch on the east side of Algonquin. It could be a 2 day route though - maybe do the Calabogie and Barry’s Bay Area on day 1 and then overnight somewhere near North Bay. Second night head over to Sault Ste Marie and do all the 500’s north of the Trans Canada and finish off with a 518 run. And that still might not be enough time...
i might give this a shot this weekend. im just up for some super relaxing scenic rides right now. you think the niagara parkway is nicer/scenic than the northern erie shore? might skip the parkway if so or vice versa.
T.O. Rider
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iblastoff, please report back what you think. Cheers.
For a calm, scenic ride I thought it was nice enough. It’s definitely no Pacific coast highway but I’ll take what I can get as I haven’t left the city much this year on bike. If you’re after speed or curves, you’ll be disappointed but that wasn’t what I was after.
I’ve ridden the usual Hamilton paths along the way (ridge road etc) many times so no comment on that.
I do wish the Niagara parkway didn’t have so many trees along the water cause I’d say at least 60% of the time you can’t even tell you’re next to it. But when it does open up, its pretty fantastic. I’ve never ridden it before though so hopefully it holds up if I decide to go again.
I was planning to leave the city at 6am but that didn’t happen till 8am haha. Not used to waking up early during this pandemic I guess. But overall traffic was not an issue on the parkway. Got stuck behind a bus once but they seem to turn off pretty frequently. But most of the time it’s pretty barren on the road.
Stopped off at a few random escarpments along the way.
LOTS of bikes on the parkway once I got there. half the time I’m just waving at riders. I didn’t go too far along the northern coast of Lake Erie cause I ended up meeting a friend at Lundys Lane golf driving range which might be the worst/best place ever. Its like someone just randomly decided to convert their backyard into a makeshift range. Never swung a golf club in my life but this was fun!
There were tons of random stops along the way for breaks and snacks and photos.
I had this super weird concern during this ride. Being asian, I wasn’t sure if some of the smaller towns I rode through would be accommodating during this pandemic. Getting into and hearing lots of random racist encounters in Toronto really put my defenses up. But it was all fine.
Overall I might do this again next season. I know the general consensus is to head up north for better roads etc, but i definitely enjoyed this shorter day trip.
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Trials
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There are small minded people everywhere, I find it upsetting to even read that you are so concerned about that.
T.O. Rider
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Sounds like a great day! Cheers!
Soooo .... @PrivatePilot where did you actually go that fine day, inquiring minds want to know !!
I don't remember. Honestly LOL. I know I didn't do any of the suggested options (sorry, all). It's been a bit of a brain numbing summer and I've been forgetting half the places I've been to so far this year, big trips aside.
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You're forgiven. I won't even ask you what day you went 
. Yep it's been a pretty crazy summer.
. Yep it's been a pretty crazy summer.|
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