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!

  • lynny@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • Katrana@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I did a 106 mile charity ride about two weeks ago (Chicago to Michigan). That was super fun and had great SAG stops. I don’t have any other long rides planned for a while but later this summer or early this fall I’d like to ride along the I&M canal trails and possibly camp overnight before returning (~70 miles one way, some gravel some paved trails).

  • metalfabs@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’d like to increase the number of times I drop off the kid by bike + bike trailer per week. It’s about 14km round trip. And honestly it doesn’t take that much longer than driving.

  • Falken@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Buying a bike. I had one before but it was stolen and couldn’t afford to buy a new one. I got a new job though that pays much more than my old job so hoping to finally get back to cycling.

    • Evkob@lemmy.caOPM
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      1 year ago

      Ah that blows, sorry that happened to you. I saw a super sad statistic the other day, a large number (maybe even the majority, I can’t recall) of cyclists who’ve had their bike stolen just stop cycling completely. I know I stopped for quite a while when my last bike got stolen before I could afford a new one.

      It’s a great feeling to hop back on a back afterwards, I hope you get one soon and get to enjoy some summer rides! :)

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    (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!

  • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • MondayToFriday@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • TheGentleMen@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • lightrush@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Gotta rebuild wife’s bike around a new frame. Maybe take the GO to Niagara region and bike around wine country.

  • AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m on tour currently, about a good week in and i have time till the end of august. Heading towards south eastern europe from home in germany and then i’ll have to make further plans, i am a bit worried about the heat, not sure if i can take it.

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        1 year ago

        That was my first idea too, but since the spring / early summer was so cold and rainy where i live, i didn’t feel like going north and get even more cold and rain. Pretty much the day i started riding it got sunny all day and kinda hot.

        Good to hear you got good weather up there! Did you start your tour in norway? I am in switzerland now.

  • bicripple@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • metalfabs@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

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