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Originally Posted by Northendzone
i have done this casually in about 5 hrs - howevr i rode at or above the speed limit of 20 kph, and did not stop. there are some places where the plath is not congested and you can ride pretty fast - if you stop and sightsee they the ride could easily drag out to 7 hrs.
good thing about the rid is that you change directions, so you are riding into the wind and then with it - bad thing is the weather here, if it turns, 40 k can turn into a very long ride home even if you have some rain gear.
how old is you son?
as an aside, i used to go for long rindes and never had a speedometer/odometer - when I finally got one, i was stunned to see that i regularly rode 100k.
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You must be like the others I saw on the paths today! There are a lot of fit people in this city! I was surprised to see that there is a rush hour for bike commuters. I did my own version of the tour and it took me 5:15 of riding time but I had many stops! Once under 16 ave overpass to let a storm pass. Lots of washed out path near Mcknight and I was waste deep in areas
Small hail in the area to. Crazy looking sky the entire time. My GPS clocked the entire thing at 100.5km and says I burned 3,316 calories. Very hilly up in the NW end! I was sucking air at about 60km and feeling demoralized
Bowmont Park picked me back up. Nice ride overall but I doubt my son is ready for it.....7 year old....but if he wants to man up I guess I will plan on spending 10 hours and lots of looking back to make sure he is pedalling.
Tour De Calgary
Thinking about going solo today to check it out and was wondering if anyone has done this recently. The map in the paper isn't very clear! Is it bike path the entire way? Does it really take 6-8 hours? I am thinking of starting near Chaparral Valley....so where to?
