Where to go biking around Calgary?

[habernac]

lots of good shops in town, Bow Cycle or the Bike Shop are good. Lots of selection, decent customer service (weekends are crazy, go weekdays if possible).

[jar_e]

Flameswin I know your not in the north but Nose Hill has some great hills and is a really good cardio workout and has some pretty decent trails.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by jar_e

Flameswin I know your not in the north but Nose Hill has some great hills and is a really good cardio workout and has some pretty decent trails.

Sweet, I don't mind travelling to a good trail. Do you still have that bike that was in the buy/sell forum, or did you sell it?

[jar_e]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Sweet, I don't mind travelling to a good trail. Do you still have that bike that was in the buy/sell forum, or did you sell it?

Hmmm I had forgotten about it...Let me think about it.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by jar_e

Hmmm I had forgotten about it...Let me think about it.

Sweet, yeah, let me know. Would it be big enough for me?

[jar_e]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Sweet, yeah, let me know. Would it be big enough for me?

Yeah I don't think size should be an issue. If you remember the thread I obviously got the sizing wrong but I'm sure it would fit you well.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by dubc80

I did this trail on Canada Day two years ago and found it to be quite challenging. Would not recommend it to anyone just starting out. Took me and my two buddies about 6 hours to finish.

Uhhggg...

I did the first stretch to Mt Romulus campground and I misread the topo map. We brought as much camping gear as I would normally backpacking PLUS a whole bunch of beer. Took us over 2 hours and it snowed.

Only took us 20 minutes to get back though.

[millhouse11]

All of the trails starting at Stations Flats are good.
- in the early months, sulphur (nicknamed suffer) springs is a good trail. It's kind of an anomaly in that it doesn't seem to have a downhill. You start at station flats, and climb and climb and end at station flats. Takes about an hour, give or take your fitness level.
- If your relatively new, tom snow is good, but muddy early on.
- more advanced, Race of spades is alot of fun, with stunts. Also moose packers is alot of fun, ending on tom snow.

Further down the hwy, powderface is a gooder.

Calgary's location is awesome for bikers. Bragg Creek, Kananaskis, Canmore, Banff. A little further out, and Fernie is a blast. We're pretty fortunate.

[Tron_fdc]

Keep an eye on the trail conditions on pinkbike.com if you guys are going to be doing any riding out in the Bragg creek/Station Flats area. The trail builders all post on there, and it's a courtesy thing to stay off em if they're wet or still snowed over. Burms take a LONG time to build, and rutting them out after it rains really pisses people off.

There's also a buy/sell forum on there for used bikes, and it's where I buy all my frames. Lots of guys in town here selling stuff, and it's totally reasonable for prices.

[Saint Troy]

Hadn't ridden a bike in years, but decided on getting one yesterday at Bowcycle. My wife got one at the same time, but both wouldn't fit in the back of the vehicle, so I decided I would ride home. Home is in Lake Chaparral....it was a long ride, but man it was fun, I took the the Bow river pathway all the way to Lake Sikome, and then home from there, what a beautiful path system. Any other standout path loops in the city?

[habernac]

Originally Posted by Saint Troy

Hadn't ridden a bike in years, but decided on getting one yesterday at Bowcycle. My wife got one at the same time, but both wouldn't fit in the back of the vehicle, so I decided I would ride home. Home is in Lake Chaparral....it was a long ride, but man it was fun, I took the the Bow river pathway all the way to Lake Sikome, and then home from there, what a beautiful path system. Any other standout path loops in the city?

Nose Creek is a nice long one as well.

From another website, looks like Moose Mountain is in good shape. I may have to check it out when I have a race free weekend.

[Wookie]

Fun thread,
I'm looking for a mountain bike too - need something for training that's a bit heavier than my road bike, been looking on and off this past month, keep forgetting.
But great thread, also need to go check out that book from MEC

[mykalberta]

When I first moved down here I biked alot. Not knowing alot of poeple down here and none that would want to go biking on a Saturday (plus living in a condo) got me to sell my bike.

The MEC Book is great, I also picked up this trails and pathways thing from Coop when I first moved down here. Great publication. Has maps of the pathways, bylaws regarding bikes etc.