Buying a bike. I had one before but it was stolen and couldn't afford to buy a new one. I got a new job though that pays much more than my old job so hoping to finally get back to cycling.
Ah that blows, sorry that happened to you. I saw a super sad statistic the other day, a large number (maybe even the majority, I can't recall) of cyclists who've had their bike stolen just stop cycling completely. I know I stopped for quite a while when my last bike got stolen before I could afford a new one.
It's a great feeling to hop back on a back afterwards, I hope you get one soon and get to enjoy some summer rides! :)
In early July, I'm planning to bike from Vancouver, Canada to San Francisco, California. Mostly camping, with a few motel stays to freshen up. I'm hoping to do it in an ambitious timeframe of 9 days, but if it ends up taking 13 days, I'd be fine with that.
I'd like to increase the number of times I drop off the kid by bike + bike trailer per week. It's about 14km round trip. And honestly it doesn't take that much longer than driving.
I have a Toronto to Ottawa bikepacking trip planned. Really excited and a little worried, it will be my first bikepacking adventure!
I’m going to Amsterdam for a few days this summer and I plan to cycle everywhere!
Fair warning, cycling in central Amsterdam is a total shitshow. There's tourists everywhere who have no idea how bike paths work, so you have to be paying close attention the whole time not to hit anyone. That said, I've been living in the Netherlands for the past few months and it has really been fantastic cycling everywhere, once you get out of the touristy old-town areas the infrastructure is just amazing. Enjoy your trip!
I wanted to get another 1000 miles in, but between being physically exhausted from work and mentally exhausted from other things, I'll probably not get to that this summer.
Planning to explore the different Routes Vertes out of Montreal to the nearby parks. Gonna do a bike camping trip to Oka once mosquito season dies down, then later on do Ptit train du nord to Mont Tremblant. If time allows gonna try and bike out to some of the parks in the Eastern Townships.
Oh I've been looking at Ptit train du nord! Looks fun, especially all the breweries en route :)
I did a 106 mile charity ride about two weeks ago (Chicago to Michigan). That was super fun and had great SAG stops. I don't have any other long rides planned for a while but later this summer or early this fall I'd like to ride along the I&M canal trails and possibly camp overnight before returning (~70 miles one way, some gravel some paved trails).
The usual. Biking around the river valley when I’m in town to smoke doobies by the river and biking to the river when camping to smoke doobies.
Gotta rebuild wife's bike around a new frame. Maybe take the GO to Niagara region and bike around wine country.
I bought a used road bike a few years ago (my first one) and I set myself the goal of doing a 100km in a day and at least 1000km this year.
I'm looking to break into biking, I've got a great bike setup available through my dad. I tried it previously but I wasn't open to it because of the other sports I was already involved in. What's a good way to break into biking / find trails to go on?
Tangent to cycling, one of my summer goals is to revamp some badly neglected trails in my area. There is a segment I get a lot of enjoyment out of that hasn't been maintained in years, so I'm busting out the shovel and clearing drains, reshaping features, and cutting weeds. Last time it rained, I was out there like a madman in the torrential downpour looking for pooling water and shoveling out low spots.
at this point, just get back onto a bike. Had major reconstructive surgery, and it's killing me to have all this nice weather and not even a single-century ride to show for it.
Get on a bike. :/ About a month and a half ago I fucked up my back while helping my sister move and finished it a week later, when I thought it will be fine. Latest news are small spine disk hernia L3L4 and very large disk hernia L4L5. Still going around hospitals to see what to do next. Starting physiotherapy tomorrow. At least I can use the time at home to fix all my bikes and help my friends to fix theirs, so I don't stay too far from the group. ;] And luckily before the injury I managed to ride with my group for a week in Finale Ligure, so at least something this season.
I am cycling London to Amsterdam next week. I would like to get a few more camping trips done too, maybe get a train to Wales and cycle some of the countryside there..
I've been steadily increasing my mileage, with a goal to ride 100 km by the end of the summer. My longest ride ever is 84 km; my longest ride this year is 57 km. Slow and steady wins the race.
I love doing local commuting. I usually do it from spring until fall but I just started new meds that effect my appetite. So I have been a little cautious because sometime I will run out of energy and not realize it. So my first goal is just getting back on my usual schedule. Something about getting to a location just through your energy is so fun! I don’t love biking to bike but I love using it as transportation.
(This is my first post on Lemmy!)
Even though I've got thousands of KM of riding under my belt this past year, I realize that I haven't really explored much of the surrounding areas.
So, my plan for this summer is to explore more!
The fact that I'll be entering my second year of cycling so much stronger and more capable of riding longer than when I first started, time will be my only limiting factor! Exciting times!
Will do some kind of bikepacking here in germany. Havent decided on a route yet. Hope i can find one where i can just spend the nights in my tent
I've always wondered how difficult it is to wild camp in Europe. It's pretty easy here in Canada, but most of our country is relatively empty and sparsely populated.
As far as I know it is Not allowed here in germany, but in my early twenties I had good luck just asking a local farmer if I may put my tent up on theire property, 90% seid yes.
Also if you are not bothering anyone and clean up after yourself most of the time people dont bother you
It's not exactly allowed in Canada either, at least the places I've done it. It's legal on some crown land, but I've mostly done either little wooded areas just off the side of the road or low-traffic cemeteries. I'm in a pretty rural area though, so it's easy to get away with. I've never had the guts to ask anyone to sleep on their land, but I always keep it in the back of my mind as a last resort.
Agreed that being respectful of others and the land goes a long way, a burnt out cyclist minding their own business and just trying to get some food and sleep doesn't usually arouse too much suspicion.
I'm on tour currently, about a good week in and i have time till the end of august. Heading towards south eastern europe from home in germany and then i'll have to make further plans, i am a bit worried about the heat, not sure if i can take it.
Also a week in, heading up Norway. Been lucky with the weather so far, hopefully that holds!
That was my first idea too, but since the spring / early summer was so cold and rainy where i live, i didn't feel like going north and get even more cold and rain. Pretty much the day i started riding it got sunny all day and kinda hot.
Good to hear you got good weather up there! Did you start your tour in norway? I am in switzerland now.
Yeah train up to Bergen to join the EuroVelo1. Back in Switzerland now, unfortunately holidays don't last forever...
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