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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
On Saturday, I did the city portion of the Western Headworks Canal Pathway but I don't know if I would want to repeat it.
I biked from East Village down the Bow River Pathway to Fish Creek Park and then east on 130th Ave to the South Trail Crossing to grab some lunch. I went back north on 52nd St until I hit the canal and then up to Max Bell and then to the Bow River pathway to get back downtown for 60km.
It's a beautiful route but my issue is that there are trees all along the canal and a good chunk of it is full of roots that have ripped up the pathway and it's a pain to go over on a road bike for enough lengths that I would reconsider doing it again. I have a carbon fork and carbon seatpost and tried to jump some that I could but they are so close to one another that it's unavoidable in some areas.
The part where the pathway ends and there's only 5 feet of clearance so you need to get off the bike and hunch over to spelunk through a under-freeway dungeon is also interesting.
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Originally Posted by Wormius
We did the canal a few weeks ago. I don’t think I’d elect to do it again either. Once you’re following the main canal it is like the cycling equivalent of a stationary bike facing a wall, with less pleasant odours.
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Meh, it's the easiest way to knock out a long ride and not worry about being hit by some ####### texting and driving. Works for me.