2025 Bike Ride 14

Another Saturday Costco run with Fernanda this time.

Total trip distance: 3.9 km

Moving time: 0h19m

2025 Bike Ride 13

Soccer season started for Fernanda tonight, so after a quick dinner, we jumped on the bike to get out to the field.

Total trip distance: 12.0 km

Moving time: 0h42m

2025 Bike Ride 12

It was the 40th Tour de l’île today, so we rode, with child in her seat behind me, a bit over 70 km. It was my longest ever bike ride by a good 10 km. This year, the starting line was north of Parc Maisonneuve and we learned from the Tour la nuit on Friday to avoid getting stuck at the starting line for a long time. We arrived and immediately started riding.

The weather was threatening rain, but hardly any fell. There was, however, wind pushing us back at various points of the route. There was only one place where we had to get off our bikes and walk, but quickly were able to get back riding.

Last year, we had a few snacks but not much else with us other than water, so we brought a sandwiches, apples and cheese this year. It made a difference stopping for a picnic along the way.

The ride was fun and ended with a winding path around the Olympic stadium and up into Parc Maisonneuve.

Total trip distance: 72.39 km

Moving time: 4h43m

2025 Bike Ride 11

Another Saturday Costco run but this time with some rain.

Total trip distance: 3.9 km

Moving time: 0h19m

2025 Bike Ride 10

It is the weekend of the 40th Tour de l’île, so Friday night was the Tour la nuit ride, which is a night of closed roads for tons of cyclists to enjoy. This year, the starting line was north of Parc Maisonneuve and it took forever to get going because late starters were joining the mass start from the side closer to the starting line than those of us to who foolishly followed the instructions.

People had so many glow sticks and different types of lights to enliven the ride. Someone with a dress jacket covered in a mesh of LEDs rode beside us for a while. The route was definitely on roads that I was unlikely to ever find myself on otherwise.

The other complaint we had was the two sections where we had to walk our bikes up and over Hwy 40, and then again at the official photo section. These two areas meant that the entire route took about an hour longer than expected.

It was a fun ride and I am looking forward to the Tour de l’île on Sunday.

Total trip distance: 41.63 km

Moving time: 3h19m

2025 Bike Ride 9

I spent the day at the client’s office, so I rode my bike because it is the fastest way to get there and lets me easily pickup at daycare afterward. A train was passing through under the Bonaventure Expressway and I had to wait with about 60 other cyclists to get past. After picking up at daycare, I took Fernanda for a ride along the new bit of the St-Antoine bike lane and then back along the old port.

Total trip distance: 10.5 km

Moving time: 0h39m

2025 Bike Ride 8

Sunday ride with the family out toward Verdun along the St Lawrence and then back along the Lachine Canal.

Total trip distance: 23.41 km

Moving time: 1h29m