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April used to be a very crappy/silly weathered month to ride into, but then I am in Quebec City, a few degrees up north more than Montreal. It still is but it gets better as spring turn on more and...

Not going across Canada, but I'm planning something like a St-Lawrence Gulf tour, with a ride on the Nordik Express boat in the lower North Coast (Basse-Côte-Nord) cities, and lots of ferries...

Thanks, Tuck'! Yep, I'm very glad about it, but it won't finish its life already as the city-winter-bike (maybe a winter-trail bike though)

Right, then, 1991 it is! I thought 1990 from the serial...

Well I forgot to say that the FD acted a little stubborn and I couldn't pass the chain on the 28T at first. But then, at the end of the commute back from practice, there is ONE short but brutal hill...

Hey guys!

I was searching the classified ads for some spare parts to upgrade my old not-so-beater, a 1997 Rocky Mountain Whistler which has seen great use in the last decade as my...

Hello Sachelis,

I would say as Erick L.: I wouldn't ride the higway 155 all the way. It's a beautiful road, but north of La Tuque - La Bostonnais it gets narrower (no shoulder) and there is lots...

Hello airelise!

I have cycled around the Abitibi region quite often; I have lived there last summer, hanging out with a bunch of friends who are also the regional bikeheads/road race...

I'm about to graduate in Forest Engineering. It has been a long process for me (started 10 years ago, then stopped a year and a half, got back for 2 years, stopped again and tried to come back to...

Thanks everyone for some nice answers and personal experiences. I already had the idea of mixing it up, as gerv said drive with the bike, leave the car at work, then ride home and invert it next day....

Hi folks!

I am about to get transferred (hope so, at least!) for work, closer to my home, but in fact work will be further away. Lemme explain: in summertime, I work as a wildland firefighter. I...

Indeed, a 4 km (close to 2.5 mi) is a nice running commute: you don't get too exhausted, you can simply wipe out and change when you come to work, your running clothes are not totally wet (so you are...

2.5 to 3 km also for me is the tipping point; being able to juste walk home from work, if it' under 30min is so much less fuzz. If you ever have to be in trouble with your bike, whatever that will...

Yeah, I'll agree with most here: if I go to school or I plan of having a long day at one (or maybe two) place, then I'll choose a backpack. I don't have a locker so fiddling around with panniers is...

Spud, what you are describing might be that you lack the habit of pedalling at a high cadence. I started taking care of my pedalling strokes at spinning classes a few years ago, and it really helped...

Same for me here. I have semi-minimalist shoes for road (Saucony Kinvaras, might switch to Inov-8 Road X-Lite 155) and off-road ( Inov-8 X-Talon 212). I do add some pure barefoot training in summer...

-I spend half of the year working in logging camps and forest management, complaining and whining that I don't have time to ride and it sucks not to be able to ride a 50km after work ('cause you are...

Getting around 1,39CAN$/litre around Quebec City right now. I usually do all my errands by foot or bike (except for the weekly canoe moving), but next week I have a 850km drive to get to my new...

^ That is a gorgeous Yeti! I love this bike so much! :thumb:

... You pray for not having any mechanical problems that'll make you stop and get eaten alive :D

Honestly, the last year we have been blessed with a dry summer (in Lake St-Jean region), so there...

+ 1 on that one, if the trails are still wet and muddy, better refrain and take the opportunity to ride some gravelroads and fireroads, or hills. Aroud Qc city, we have our little sweetspots of...

I have to admit, it has happened to me sometimes: when you are doing field work in forestry, in 15 year old forests of more than 20 000 stems/ha, with sleet and rain pouring, you are totally soaked...

Bar-ends are already on: a nice, simple and clean design. For the Grip Shifts, they are coming at the end of their useful life (never changed in 14 years - maybe 10 of intensive use!), so they'll be...

@djb, thanks, that wold have been pretty nice (I dig those Kona's!), but my mind is quite set on the reuse of my older bike: that will make the place in the bugdet for a new tent, and indeed, a 36h...

Oups, sorry for that syntax error. I just wanted to say that one of my friend borrowed my bike for a while, almost to the point that I forgot it was still rolling and in one piece, and he just...

Little update here: I just got a hold back on one of my older bikes that is still very serviceable and will fit the bill nicely for touring. So I guess smart money will talk and the older Rocky...