# Canada Day gravel 156 km, Saturday July 1st - route coming

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**Created:** [27 June 2023 12:11 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/canada-day-gravel-156-km-saturday-july-1st-route-coming/4797 "2023-06-27T12:11:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![KevRidesGravel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/kevridesgravel/32/7497_2.png) [@KevRidesGravel](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/KevRidesGravel)\
**Post date:** [27 June 2023 12:11 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/canada-day-gravel-156-km-saturday-july-1st-route-coming/4797/1 "2023-06-27T12:11:55Z")

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Heads up, with Canada day coming up soon, it’s time for our usual Canada Day gravel ride. This year it’s Canada’s 156th birthday, so that means a 156 km route.

Right now, the weather forecast for Saturday looks reasonable, and currently a south wind is forecast.

If we do have a south wind, we could do something like one of these previous routes:

> **[Canada 152 km](https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30364983)**
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> 152.0 km, +1011 m. Bike ride in City of Cambridge, Ontario

> **[Canada day 155 km gravel](https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40013428)**
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> 155.0 km, +1077 m. Bike ride in City of Cambridge, Ontario

If the wind shifts, maybe up to Belwood and even the edge of Luther Marsh like we did a few years ago:

> **[Canada Day 153 Gravel](https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33180131)**
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> 153.0 km, +1004 m. Bike ride in Township of Woolwich, Ontario

I’ll get something posted hopefully by Thursday to confirm the day and route. It will be a new route, but might share some details with the ones above.

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**Author:** ![KevRidesGravel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/kevridesgravel/32/7497_2.png) [@KevRidesGravel](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/KevRidesGravel)\
**Post date:** [29 June 2023 13:07 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/canada-day-gravel-156-km-saturday-july-1st-route-coming/4797/2 "2023-06-29T13:07:32Z")

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Ok, my Sunday got booked up, so definitely gonna ride Saturday, that is the proper day anyways. Weather looks alright; typical summer day where there’s a chance of thundershowers late in the afternoon.

Wind is light starting SW and switching to W as the day progresses. Maybe head towards Stratford and even St Mary’s?? I’ll see what inspiration takes hold, hoping to build a route tonight.