Cycling on Vancouver island
Mar 25th, 2005, 07:57 AM
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Cycling on Vancouver island
I'm visiting Victoria/ Vancouver island in September and plan to do a lot of "sightseeing" by bike.
Can anybody give me some tips on bike renting, bike tours and trails?
Can anybody give me some tips on bike renting, bike tours and trails?
Mar 25th, 2005, 05:32 PM
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I don't cycle myself, but I imagine the Lochside Trail on the Saanich peninsula (near Victoria) would be a pleasant ride.
http://www.gvcc.bc.ca/recrides/goosebrochure.shtml
http://www.crd.bc.ca/parks/documents...s_Brochure.pdf
Or even along Victoria's waterfront around to Oak Bay.
http://www.gvcc.bc.ca/recrides/goosebrochure.shtml
http://www.crd.bc.ca/parks/documents...s_Brochure.pdf
Or even along Victoria's waterfront around to Oak Bay.
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I hope you're a long distance biker -- or will have a car to get from place to place. We were in Victoria, Sooke, and Tofino last summer. The roads are mostly 2-lane highways and not ideal for a biker.
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The islands off the east coast of Vancouver Island are easy biking.
The highway up the island has many places where the should disappears as you cross a bridge and a five tonne pulp truck snorting behind you...
Salt Spring Island was the best.
From here, you can return to Vancouver via Tawassan.
Bear in mind that if you are biking back into Vancouver, you cannot peddle under the Fraser river on Highway 99. There is supposed to be a shuttle service to pick you up. A guy with a van gave me a lift into Richmond.
The highway up the island has many places where the should disappears as you cross a bridge and a five tonne pulp truck snorting behind you...
Salt Spring Island was the best.
From here, you can return to Vancouver via Tawassan.
Bear in mind that if you are biking back into Vancouver, you cannot peddle under the Fraser river on Highway 99. There is supposed to be a shuttle service to pick you up. A guy with a van gave me a lift into Richmond.
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