Originally Posted by Michel Gagnon
Labrador City is indeed a concern. I would be fairly worried about riding there when the road is thawing, because it's either muddy or in coarse gravel. Many stretches are muddy even during a dry spell in Summer (at least, they were 4 years ago), so think about the thawing season!
If you can, it might even be wiser to get fully equipped for cold weather and do the gravel part sooner rather than later. Especially since they seem to have a really late/non-existent Winter this year.
Michel, thanks for the advice! Yup, my plan is to start in Labrador City in the middle of May, and start riding to Goose once the snow is low enough. I'd much rather ride through snow and cold than bugs and heat! Do you know what road conditions are like in May? As long as there isn't lots of ice and think snow, I should be okay.
As for the non-existent winter, that seems to be the case all through the east this year! Temperatures in Toronto are WAY higher than usual. It's early January, I'm riding my bicycle in a sweater with no gloves!!! How is Quebec? Is it warm there too?