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On a quest to find the very-best bike rides in Québec. I have seen a mink in the wild. Living kidney donor Québec citizen status: Historic Scot

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Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · Oct 22

With this bike I discovered that I had total freedom.
This is what a bike gives you.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · Oct 22

New Bike.

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Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 1m

Except that I never said that.
Plenty of people using bikeshare have no difficulty carrying their own helmet around with with them.
Also, in Quebec it's a $400 ticket to ride e-bike or e-bike bikeshare without a helmet.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 4m

One thing we've learned over the years is that when fatigued/exhausted/chilled, out of water & dehydrated, our decision-making ability is affected and the wrong decision is easy to make, and then it's dark, we're lost and where's the rest of the group?
And uh-oh cell phones don't work out here?

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 9m

Here's a safety tip: stronger members of a hiking team must *never* leave the weaker/less experienced member(s) of a hiking team behind, never tell them to start going back downhill alone, simply never leave someone "who can't go on" alone.

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Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 17m

I think the revolutionary aspect of Bixi is that Bixi system solved the "where do I park my bike?" problem when arriving at a destination.
OTOH Bixi design team forgot that there are humans who are taller than 5'10 tall, & that's why the seatpost on 1st gen Bixi bikes was too short.
#Design

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 54m

Halloween is coming, and in case you need a costume or party-theme idea, here's one.
(for our english readers, "garnotte" is a word for gravel in french)

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 1h

Arches in the news.
Does this mean he's saying Ottawa is not a major western Capital?
Ouch!

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 1h

Yesterday's ride weather has forecasted southwest winds all afternoon.
Reality?
We had headwinds going out, and we had headwinds coming back.
🙄

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 1h

E-bike/E-scooter accidents:
"vast majority of people in emergency rooms as a result of e-bike & e-scooter accidents were not wearing helmets at the time of collision."
"We're seeing a lot of head injuries, facial injuries, long bone injuries."
E-anything instantly go *much* faster than normal bikes.

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Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 1h

This should have disqualified her on Day One.
Mayoral candidate for Montreal Soraya Martinez Ferrada doesn't live in Montreal.
She has no shame, also no morals or values.
Nobody should vote for her.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

Rest stop has hooks to hang camelbak and nalgene bottle.
#Convenient

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

Forest floors, carpeted in gold.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

The ride has entered apple orchard and stone fence country.
Havelock, Quebec.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

Chemin Moore in Canton de Hemmingford Township was repaved this year, and is still the best thing to happen in 2025 so far.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

Used the headlight for last few kilometres of the ride.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

Montreal's Mont Royal and downtown skyline, from Covey Hill today.
Distance is 60 km!

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

View of Pinnacle, Mont Sutton, Orford.
And Geese.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

Corn: October vs September.
(Same location)

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 14h

Tall pine got a haircut.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 15h

Saw a few people on Moore/Hurley/Cowan/St-Charles road.
This was an old couple and they were much faster than we were. Speed demons!

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 15h

Sunset at 6:18 pm.
Photo taken at 6:11 pm.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 15h

Ride start vs Ride finish today.
1:16 pm vs 7:00 pm.
Temperature was nice but then dropped like a rock after 4 pm.

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 16h

Nice shortest version of Lacolle > Covey Hill Summit & big descent ride today.
Carte / map : ridewithgps.com/routes/52982...

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 1d

In case you've ever wondered why the bike path along the old railroad line that goes from Lennoxville to North Hatley and then from Ayer's Cliff to Stanstead... doesn't also go from North Hatley to Ayer's Cliff, it is bc rich North Hatley nimby's got that section of the proposed bike path cancelled.

The Shocking Untold History of America's Rails-to-Trails Movement — Streetsblog USA

Some of the fiercest battles for the future of public space in America have happened on abandoned railway corridors — and the battles aren't over yet.

usa.streetsblog.org

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 1d

New bridge to l’Île-d’Orléans:
«Ce sera un sacré beau pont!»
("It will be a hell of a beautiful bridge!")

www.lesoleil.com/vivre/2025/1...

Cycle Fun Montreal @cyclefunmontreal.bsky.social · 1d

And when we say "Also useful to bookmark the Montreal Trees interactive website:" it is because it is an interactive map linked to the database of all of Montreal's street trees & a lot of its park trees.
It's pretty amazing, tbh.
www.quebio.ca/fr/arbresmtl