Machka 

Do you visit your local tourist information place to pick up the local annual vacation guide and/or any other brochures etc. about tourist attractions in your area?

I have been doing that for years! I love doing long rides, and to me, it makes the ride so much more interesting if I cycle out to something, rather than just cycling the same route all the time or just riding with no destination in mind. A fascinating thing about cycling out to various tourist attractions or points of interest is that many people who live in the cities where I have lived are not even aware that these places exist! By cycling around (rather than driving) and paying attention, I know more about some areas of the world than the people who have lived in the neighborhood all their lives do.

I just picked up some new brochures about a week ago ... and I'm looking forward to cycling out to these places as soon as the weather improves!!


BTW - these places usually have a lot of great travel and tourist information:
https://www.caa.ca/english/english%20home.html
https://ww1.aaa.com/scripts/WebObject...e.woa/wa/route

jeff williams

https://www.bikeforums.net/mountain-biking/176537-anybody-ride-desert-b-c-can.html
https://www.bikeforums.net/mountain-biking/176825-provincial-parks-allow-offroad-riding.html

Not parking in the lot or hiking to the sights.

here and there

I just got into cycling this year and one of my goals is to visit touristy areas where I live, preferrably before the summer crowds arrive. At least once a week I try to go out and ride somewhere new, like yesterday I found a bike path that connects to another path that ends at a mall and merges with street traffic. More importantly though, this route also leads to the local Performance bike shop. Why drive or take the bus when I can enjoy a nice 25 mile ride (round trip).

Machka 

BC does have some nice cycling!! And you've got the mountains to train on. I'm hoping to get into the Alberta side of the mountains a few times a little later in the year ... once the passes are cleared of snow.

Jarery

I dont pick up the brochures, but im definatly a destination cyclist only.

I can only continue to cycle and never be bothered with exercising if i have a destination. Without a destination it becomes exercise, and then i start finding ways to skip it.

With a destination, even if its going 50 miles for coffee & pie, then returning home, my simple male brain is unable to comprehend that its still exercise, so i pedal along happily.

I commute to work and back every day, regardless of bad weather simply because I have a destination.

In the summer ,Vancouver has some sort of ethnic festival somewhere pretty much every weekend. Last year I hit every festival I could find, sampled all the great ethnic foods and entertainment, and pedaled home happy as can be.

I'll keep an eye out now for brochures of stuff within a days ride of me now though

gboy

When I biked to Chatham from London, I visited several historical sites that I probably would never have seen taking the Greyhound bus. Plus, it's really quite flat terrain, so it's better than just pedaling endlessley.