I’ve posted the ride notice for Canada Day. I’m watching the weather (mostly wind) to see where we go. Current forecast is calling for W to SW wind, so we’ll see. Maybe Woodstock could be an interesting option.
https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/canada-day-gravel-155-km/2734?u=kevrideseverything
I’m amazed to see it’s been 5 years since we started doing this:
2017, the Founder’s Edition, 150 km. Here we are at Woolwich Reservoir Dam. We headed mostly north and east, including Bellwood lake, Fergus, and Alma.
2018, The Lessons Learned Edition. It was blazing hot that day, we started by riding through the hydrocut, then we had a mix up while waiting for the Wilmot Rec Centre splash pad to open. I think @CANGERMANN was the only one to do the full route. Now I tend to keep the “trail” sectors short, so we keep our average speed from plummeting.
2019, Southbound and Mosquito Alley. That year we got to head south and explore some gravel and trails south of the 403. And we discovered what I lovingly call “mosquito alley”. Township road 2 west of Princeton pretty much turns into an ATV track, with wet marshy ground on either side. Not a good place to drop a chain and have it caught in your chain catcher, some of us discovered…
2020, 153 km, heading north again, including a creek crossing, and we got all the way to Grand Valley, Arthur, and the edge of Luther Marsh.
2021, the Social Distancing Edition. We also managed quite a few No Winter Maintenance roads up around Alma.
Who’s in for 155 km this Friday!
