Originally Posted by operator
How was the route to niagara falls? I heard that there were like 70 people at the start? 7 hours bike time or including rest stops? How was the hotel? Did you share a room? How was the support?
the route was cool (scenic and no traffic), way up north out of missasauga around brampton then back down into stoney creek and up the escarpment, through all the vinyards and through Welland. It was slightly different coming back but not by much.
I wouldn't call it support, a guy with a truck took our overnight gear down there and everyone had a copy of his cell phone number if they ran into trouble. But it's not like there were vehicles following us all the way down. Everyone was pretty self sufficient, which is great I love that kind of stuff. If someone strips a crank (which did happen) they should be able to temporarily fix it or find another solution on they're own (or the help of other riders).
It was hard to tell how many riders there were, when I showed up at the start some had already left, others were still arriving. I'd say by the registration list there were around 50 that left from High Park and another 20 or so the left from Stoney creek probably. But on the road I only ever saw maybe 4 other people the whole time.
I'm surprised I didn't see you there, ****ty news about the fork...
I'm inspired by the guys who plan to do this weekends 320km ride in one day. By the end of the summer I'd like to be able to ride to my parents place (an hour north of Peterborough; 500km round trip from Toronto) in one weekend.
I'm trying to put in the miles now.