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Thanks! It really helps to have more time to work on each video. If you make the trip, make sure you time it so the Brockville Railway Tunnel is open for the season. There are some great places to eat downtown and if you're still looking for a little more cycling, the Waterfront Pathway along the 1000 Islands Parkway is just a short drive west of the city.

Thanks! It was fun to go back for a day just to go down memory lane.

That show had a nasty habit of leaving in the "real pain" shots. Like when the script called for me to get punched in the gut, but I got socked in the face! That's why the pain shots always looked so real! Because they were. 🤣

Thanks! 👍

The lights have been fixed since I did the ride. I'll have a proper walkthrough and light show next spring when it opens. It's really something when it's going

What can I say? I'm a pioneer.

Thanks for the info about the speed limits. That was kind of what I started thinking it was about near the end. It would be nice if there was some better signage there explaining things for visitors to the area. It's a great trail and I hope to get back out in the summer so I can experience it then!

Sounds like lots of good memories and some great stories to tell! That's what life's about! The trail is really smooth and you shouldn't have any problems along there. Yeah, it's an e-bike since I have issues with my knees. Once I'm up to speed, it's pretty much on me and I usually average about 26kph. A bit slower than I used to do, but still a good speed to get from A to B.

Thanks! For sure, you really can't beat the weather we've had this time of year!

@SpokesAndScenery for sure! Wish we could have gone out for a few more rides before winter sets in. Cheers!

It's really come a long way and I only touched on some of the biking routes in the area. The pathway around Rideau River is beautiful, but I wasn't sure how far I could push myself that day after a month and a half break. I don't have any of my routes online. I might look into doing that next year and post links up

That was recorded in June. We were getting all the nice weather down here and you guys had that stretch with all the rain

That's some good news! Hopefully it solves some of the flooding problems in the area. Part of my 2025 plan is to return and keep going north, so I'm looking forward to seeing the upgrades next year myself. I'll have to check out the video, thanks for the heads up! 👍

Sounds like a pretty cozy place to move to! As much as I love Ottawa and my time there, there's something to be said about living in a quieter area, away from the big cities.

I used to live in the area, but moved out of town a while ago. I went up to Ottawa for a day trip for these vids. When I lived up there the whole area was open for mountain biking and it was awesome. I checked out the trails two years ago after the tornado and saw a bunch of new trails being made, but things weren't in great shape yet. I just kept it simple in the paths for this ride in BP.

Glad you enjoyed it! I don't worry about the number of subscribers to the channel. Its just a fun pass time for me and a bit of a reference for other people who might think about visiting somewhere I've been. I'm not done hitting up the list of places I want to visit yet and I've got some great rides planned for next year! I still have a few videos that I taped over the summer that I'll put out over the winter and I'm hoping to get a few fall rides in too.

Thanks, Doug! Some of the rougher trails might be a bit rough on a recumbent, but there are definitely sections of each place I've been that you could ride without trouble! Enjoy the bike when it's ready and the new adventures it'll bring! I used a X3 for the videos up until the "Racing Against The Rain To The Abandoned Hwy" video. That was the joke and the beginning: I switched from the X3 the the X4. Now, I use the X3 when I'm in a spot where I don't want to risk damaging the X4, like when I was out with Rhonda and went inside of the tunnel on the Cataraqui Trail.

I remember watching your videos of the aftermath of the tornado after it happened. It was a good perspective to really get an idea of how destructive it was. It really makes a difference for biking videos what you use. It took me a little while to work out my setup, but I'm pretty happy with where it's at these days! Cheers!

Thanks! Always a lot fo fun to hit the trails in O-Town and take it in, for sure

​@@SpokesAndScenery indeed Ottawa has so much to offer for bike paths/trails. Cheers

Thanks for dropping by! Always great to see more local riders making fun content online!

Thanks Steve!

Thanks! The city of Brockville is home for me these days.

Very doable on a hybrid bike! For the most part, I'm doing about 25kph. On the smoother parts, maybe up to 30kph and the rougher parts down to 20kph. If my knees were still good and I was on a hybrid bike (non-ebike) with good gearing, I'd be going a lot faster than this, but you work with what you've got! On my old mountain bike, which was about 32lbs, I'd average about 35kph on long trips.

South of Verona, it's pretty much farmland and bear sightings are rare. Around Verona, you might start to see bears. North of Sharbot Lake, yeah, it's bear country. Between Verona and Sharbot Lake there was fresh bear droppings on the trail when I passed through. Didn't see any bears in person, though in my trips.

@@SpokesAndScenery Thank you! This is very useful and important information for me.

I've expropriated your backyard and incorporated it into my territory.

Sounds like I've got a good reason to head back sometime to do some exploring! I might make it a spring ride when I'm looking for a few different places to check out to dust off the winter cobwebs. It's always nice to have a mix of different places to go while I gear up for the summer.

Yeah, this one really seems to have flown under the radar. It's got one of the best riding surfaces I've been on and I really enjoyed it. The bonus is on either end, there are lots of options for places to grab a bit to eat and drink.

@@SpokesAndScenery Now I'm mystified. My RideWithGPS heat map only shows the New York Central Foot Path going from Russell to Embrun. Is this not also what is commonly called the 'Russell - Embrun Trail'? On the western end it starts near the intersection of Hamilton Rd and Rte 200. It extends 9.1km to its end near the Palais des Sports in Embrun on Saint Jean Baptiste Street. It is a very nice walk or ride, but aren't these one and the same thing? You seem to suggest that there are two separate trails.

Never heard it called the Russell-Embrun trail before. I just know of it by it's official name. I mentioned at the start of the ride that it wasn't the Prescott-Russell Trail, which is the one I've been talking about riding this year.

There are a lot of options if you ever make it out this way!

Different opinions are what make the world go round and make life interesting! As long as you enjoy being out and doing your thing, that's all that matters! Cheers! My next video features a rail trail that doesnt have that problem.

It was definitely my favourite part of the trip!

Glad you liked it!

Cooler than I thought! Wish I'd have brought shoes I didn't mind getting wet to try to make it all the way through!

Thanks!

I'm not sure she'll ever get one. She prefers exploring one foot ahead of the other, but she wanted to get out on the trail with me to see it for herself. I'm glad we had that experience together earlier this summer!

I barely made it, but I made it on one charge. It was probably best case scenario. No headwind, me putting in a good effort to reduce the usage and warm weather. The bit I went all electric after I felt too weak to keep going put a bit of a drain on it, but to this day, that's my best on a single charge. I used PAS 1-4 on the ride with most of it in the 3-4 range. I didn't use 5 for the trip. The bike I have is a Gotrax EBE2.

There's definitely a section where the grass and weeds can get pretty tall between Smiths Falls and Chaffey's Lock. Two years ago it was probably a good 3 to 3.5 feet tall but when I did this ride it wasn't too bad. My feet did get wet from the dew and I changed shoes there. It's part of the appeal of riding this trail for me. I love that the surface is varied along its length.

Thanks! I've got some interesting rides planned down the road and I hope that the wait between videos will be worth it when I can finally get to them!

Thanks, Whit! I wasn't sure I could ever get to the 6 month mark of weekly videos, let alone 2 years. I knew the days were numbered late summer last year when I started fussing more about the quality of things on my K&P Trail ride. Once I went down that rabbit hole, there was no going back. 😊

Thanks, Graham! It's been a lot of fun and I'm glad it's helped people out who had the same questions I did about the trails!

Thanks, Steve! You know, I never did put anything from the Toronto area on my to-do list. If I did a day trip out next year, what would you suggest as your top trail out there?

It's nice to see it left in place, instead of the land all bulldozed and built over. It really adds some character to that neck of the woods!

Thanks, that's exactly the thing I hoped the videos would do when I started making them. 👍 I like to think of that bottle of Pepsi as a safety measure. If it gets bumped out and explodes all over me like it did on the Cataraqui Trail, then I know I'm going too hard and need to take it easier. 😄 Surprisingly when they don't shake loose, they're not too flat!

If you want smooth crushed gravel and a mostly trouble-free ride, take the Trans-Canada Trail from Ottawa to Carleton Place then jump on the OVRT and ride that all the way into Pembroke. Between Carleton Place and Almonte, there are sections on the OVRT where you'll see brown dirt/gravel. Be careful on those patches. They're dicey to bike through. Go around them and you'll be good. There are a few road crossings in that stretch where the gravel can be pretty deep and loose, so watch out for those as well. Otherwise, it's a very comfortable no matter what kind of tire you're running on. Have fun, stay safe and have a great ride!

Hope you have a great ride on the AT! Looks like the weather's going to start cooling off a bit so we should finally be in the really good cycling weather soon. I'm starting to think about what I want to do next, but haven't locked anything down yet.

I just saw a post the next section to Chalk River is expected to open up late 2024!

@@owenoiffer That would be interesting. There is already a discontinuous bit of the Algonquin Trail south of Chalk River that starts at the Highway at the east end of Corry Lake at Clouthier Rd. and runs north through Chalk River to a dead-end road that ultimately runs into Deep River. How one would connect that to the end of the Algonquin Trail in Petawawa looks problematic. Is travel through the Base encouraged? I have already tried to use one mapping service that behaved very strangely in and around the base itself, possibly because it is military.