Is there a specific route or trail you want to hit up this summer? A distance or fitness goal of some sort? Planning a bicycle tour? Bikepacking?

Please share, I’m curious to see what all of you are getting up to for this summer!

  • TheGentleMen@beehaw.org
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    I love doing local commuting. I usually do it from spring until fall but I just started new meds that effect my appetite. So I have been a little cautious because sometime I will run out of energy and not realize it. So my first goal is just getting back on my usual schedule. Something about getting to a location just through your energy is so fun! I don’t love biking to bike but I love using it as transportation.

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    I wanted to get another 1000 miles in, but between being physically exhausted from work and mentally exhausted from other things, I’ll probably not get to that this summer.

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        100%.

        I often regret NOT riding because of the weather/mood/energy/<insert other excuse here>, but have never regretted getting on the bike.

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    I did my first little cycle tour last summer, and I’m dying to get going again.

    I’m thinking of touring the province of Prince Edward Island, I love riding on the coast (which islands tend to have a fair amount of) and apparently PEI has a very good network of cycling trails (at least for North American standards). If there’s anyone from there or who’ve biked there, let me know if you have any suggestions!

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    Planning to explore the different Routes Vertes out of Montreal to the nearby parks. Gonna do a bike camping trip to Oka once mosquito season dies down, then later on do Ptit train du nord to Mont Tremblant. If time allows gonna try and bike out to some of the parks in the Eastern Townships.

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      Oh I’ve been looking at Ptit train du nord! Looks fun, especially all the breweries en route :)

  • gizmonicus@sh.itjust.works
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    Tangent to cycling, one of my summer goals is to revamp some badly neglected trails in my area. There is a segment I get a lot of enjoyment out of that hasn’t been maintained in years, so I’m busting out the shovel and clearing drains, reshaping features, and cutting weeds. Last time it rained, I was out there like a madman in the torrential downpour looking for pooling water and shoveling out low spots.

  • Cmar@lemmy.world
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    Try to get more kms in than what I’m getting now, which has been pretty much close to 0 as the weather has been almost non stop rain for the past month and half, and what little sun we see just brings all that rain back as exhausting humidity.

    Then on top of that add work and it just leaves me with so little time to ride that even thinking about it makes me sad.

    My usual routes are 30-50 kms long, tarmac, gravel, maybe even a bit of off roading / basic mtbing. There’s no real bike infrastructure here so I try to get out of everyone’s path and ride where there’s not much or no traffic at all, for everyone’s sake.

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    I am just in the process of buying my first road bike, so I’d love to be able to do a 50km tour by the end of the summer. Let’s see if I can make it!

  • mikehunt@lemmy.world
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    No real goal, done a couple metric centuries already but have yet to done an imperial one. In general I’ve been trying to maintain a consistent volume of at least 10 hours per week.

    • Evkob@lemmy.caOPM
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      Honestly, if you can do 100k, you can most likely do 100 miles as long as you make sure to stay on top of calories and hydration. Kilometers 100 to 150 aren’t bad, it’s just those last 10 km that make you question every decision that has led you to that point.

  • Paiement_99@lemmy.ca
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    I have a Toronto to Ottawa bikepacking trip planned. Really excited and a little worried, it will be my first bikepacking adventure!

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    In early July, I’m planning to bike from Vancouver, Canada to San Francisco, California. Mostly camping, with a few motel stays to freshen up. I’m hoping to do it in an ambitious timeframe of 9 days, but if it ends up taking 13 days, I’d be fine with that.

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    Last year I started cycling and had a goal of riding down every street in my city. I made it to 25% last summer so I figured my goal this year would be another 25% to get me to 50% but I might go for 60% instead. I am a stay at home dad with two young kids so my only real opportunity to go is the evening when they go to bed so it makes a little bit of a challenge. I have to ride further and further to get to new roads as I have all the ones near my house but it’s definitely worth it! I am sitting at 42% and am 4th for my city.

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      Oh I love that, what a great way to discover some new cool stuff in your city! What do you use to keep track of your progress? Is it Strava? Because if so that’s going to be the thing to finally make me cave and download Strava.

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        It’s fun going to areas I never would have gone before. I use Strava then use a website called Wandrer.earth which pulls the Strava info in. Be warned thought, it gets addicting!

    • mikehunt@lemmy.world
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      Late evening and early morning rides are my favourites! I hope you’re able to reach your goal.

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    The usual. Biking around the river valley when I’m in town to smoke doobies by the river and biking to the river when camping to smoke doobies.

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    (This is my first post on Lemmy!)

    Even though I’ve got thousands of KM of riding under my belt this past year, I realize that I haven’t really explored much of the surrounding areas.

    So, my plan for this summer is to explore more!

    The fact that I’ll be entering my second year of cycling so much stronger and more capable of riding longer than when I first started, time will be my only limiting factor! Exciting times!

  • jamster02@feddit.de
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    I’ve been cycling to work every day for a summer internship in Austin. I really enjoy it, does wonders for mental and physical health. Apparently COTA has a bike night but on a weekday so I’m not sure if I’ll try that out since it’s pretty far.

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      Fair warning, cycling in central Amsterdam is a total shitshow. There’s tourists everywhere who have no idea how bike paths work, so you have to be paying close attention the whole time not to hit anyone. That said, I’ve been living in the Netherlands for the past few months and it has really been fantastic cycling everywhere, once you get out of the touristy old-town areas the infrastructure is just amazing. Enjoy your trip!

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        I’ll be near Watergaang which is a ways out of downtown but I’ll heed your advice since I’ll be one of those tourists 😎 I’d like to think I know how bike paths work though.