On last weekend's Grand Nith Ramble (GNR) bikepacking ride with friends we had some enjoyable chats about our past rides. The bike sure is a wonderful way to explore the world! This got me to revisit and re-enjoy my past bikepacking blogs and photos. To make them easy to find and share with others I … Continue reading My bikepacking rides…
Author: gregandrebarrett
I’m married to a wonderful woman, blessed with two bright daughters, retired from a rewarding IT career, who loves cycling (especially bikepacking adventures), being a cycling and refugee advocate (bikeswithoutborders.org, martinluther.ca), and exploring the world and its peoples.
20200925-27 GNR brewery tour bikepacking trip with amazing friends!
The Grand Nith Ramble (GNR) Bikepacking Route (http://www.bt700.ca/gnr-bikepacking-route.html) created by Matthew Kadey (thanks Matt!) rewards cyclists with: an epic 350k ride through mostly rural central Ontario countryside; a large network of doubletrack and singletrack trail riding along the Grand River, through the forests of Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Puslinch Track, Drydan Track, Little Track and … Continue reading 20200925-27 GNR brewery tour bikepacking trip with amazing friends!
2020-09-15 Muskoka Lakes 150k loop to test bikepacking setup
Did a 150k loop today of the Muskoka Lakes with a camp out tonight. Wanted to test my bikepacking setup for an upcoming Grand Nith Ramble brewery tour bikepacking trip with some friends. The ride was great, the bike and gear worked well, helped by having a brew at Sawdust City Brewing in Gravenhurst and … Continue reading 2020-09-15 Muskoka Lakes 150k loop to test bikepacking setup
2020-07-18 BT700 finished with summary
#bt700bikepacking Finished 762k in 4 days, 84.5 hrs (40.3 hrs moving). Day 1 was great 270k to Wiarton Willy's Inn but heat was tiring. Day 2 rain and light gps metal mount breaking (rough stone trails vibration) meant reached only 420k and camped overlooking Blue Mountain. Day 3 the brutal heat while crawling up brutal … Continue reading 2020-07-18 BT700 finished with summary
#bt700bikepacking day 1
Made it to Wiarton Willy's Inn in Wiarton at 1:15am after 268km that included a lot of rough slow trail. One of the highlights was enjoying ice cream with friends Ann and Peter in Port Elgin.
#bt700bikepacking lunch in Mildmay
Lunch in Mildmay #bt700bikepacking 112k and enjoying lunch in Mildmay.
BT XL ride starts
Just arrived by car at St Jacobs to start the #BTXL #bt700bikepacking plus #gnrbikepacking (www.bt700.ca) 1150k ride. Later than planned due to a phone charging problem that I discovered and fixed this morning. Stay tuned...
Bikepacking Peru Andes
Let's #StayHomeForThis #covid19 so that we can get back to things like #bikepacking the Peru Andes (pic 2019) and Trans-Uganda (planned 2021 Jan) @cyclepathoakville @crankbrothers @volcom.
Join me Bikepacking Trans-Uganda Aug-Sep 2021
https://bikepacking.com/routes/trans-uganda/. I will be bikepacking the Trans-Uganda 2,111km route starting mid August 2021. Interested in joining me? The Trans-Uganda route was created by Logan Watts (creator of bikepacking.com) and his wife Virginia to take in as much of the incredible parks and landscapes within Uganda as possible. The route delivers an unforgettable experience via a … Continue reading Join me Bikepacking Trans-Uganda Aug-Sep 2021
When you can watch the film…”The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” … based on the true story of… William Kamkwamba, a Malawian innovator and author. He gained fame in his country in 2002 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances (including a welk water pump that saved them from starvation) using blue gum trees, bicycle parts (including a bike light rim dynamo), and materials collected in a local scrapyard. #wp #bicycle #bicyclepoweredmachines
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