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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I'll probably be bringing my road bike. I have a wedding to attend but I don't have any other activities lined up and if I have time to myself, I was thinking I'd cycle around the city?
I usually do distances of 20-80KM inside Calgary.
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The great thing about Vancouver, is there are lots of bike paths, lanes and sectioned off places. A ride I often do is from the Cambie Street bridge out to Steveston. It's about 45 km round trip. Here's my route:
http://tinyurl.com/qx26q3j
I also enjoy biking around Stanley Park. The roads are 30 km/hr speed limit in the park, which cars are really good about, there are two lanes, and it is one way. Once you get to Prospect Point, it is downhill, and you can pick up a lot of speed going down hill. I ended the ride on the map where you can either turn left to go do another loop or two, or return home. Sometimes after work I'll go do two loops and then decide if the pain of going up the steep hill to get to Prospect Point is worth it in order to go down the fun hill. Here's my route:
http://tinyurl.com/qd6mct6
Here is the route to Horsehoe Bay.
http://tinyurl.com/oyzxujm It looks really nice, but I don't like bridges and the Lions Gate bridge terrifies me. It's a beautiful ride, with some challenging elevation changes, and very nice once you get to the point. Be very careful at both ends of the bridge, and on it, as there have been a few accidents.
For a short ride I do a loop up to UBC and back. There are some really good climbs and you can take multiple routes. I like taking 8th Ave for the huge hill up, which allows you to ride the road through the UBC golf course. If I feel like a longer ride I widen the loop and take Marine Drive back to Cambie, and then back to the bridge.
Hope that helps.