Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out

Shortest week yet in terms of time since I started this trip. More mechanical problems and broken things and just taking it more easy, hanging out with friends in the region. Not many pictures because I don’t want to be annoying and stop every 20 minutes when other people are with me.

Errands and visiting friends

Nothing much, just an easy day on the small ring while a replacement chainring was being shipped to the bike shop. Got caught in this gross rain literally 2 minutes after starting…

CGV

Riding around with local legend Mat Wilson once again, zooming around the CGV at 45kph for an hour or so. That’s the Montreal cycling experience now. He could charge money honestly. Go follow Mat and get your PR around the F1 track.

Interrupted Tourism

Picked up my bike that morning hoping to do a nice long relaxing tourist ride in the city but about 10km in my front derailleur snapped off the frame… Back to the damn bike shop we go for an emergency fix…

Jewish bakery near where I lived before moving to BC.

The Babka is just out of this world, by far the best thing they make. They were out of it though u_u

Got myself a Black and White cookie as consolation prize. LOOK TO THE COOKIE, ELAINE.

Sup

Wait, I got my cracked phone fixed in MTL, I can take selfies now!

This was my favorite pub. Pubs are awesome. Better and more beers than restaurants and similar quality food for cheaper.

That's the market where we'd get our fruit flies from. Can't get enough fruit flies.

Cool sculpture at the cardiology institute.

I was going to tourist so hard that day to make up for the lack of pictures...

Was going to take pictures of every damn thing. Would have been so great.

St-Joseph Oratory. Under construction, sadly. It sits atop the mountain, overlooking the city.

This confusing bike signage courtesy of the one guy who got hit by a bus going downhill while training here...

I switched to the small ring to do the hill and Jesus jammed my chain between the ring and bracket, to punish me for climbing his hill.

Snapped the derailleur off the frame... Had to limp back to the bike shop without pedaling, hoping they could figure out some solution.

Nordet

Nordet is a popular segment in the Gatineau-Montreal region, mainly because it has lots of elevation and the roads aren’t blasted to hell. It’s just an out and back with nothing much to see though.

Sasha unpacking stuff while Jared's dog watches.

Was my first time meeting Jared. Always great to ride with new folks!

He's so damn triangular. So wasted on cycling, he needs to swim.

Chill ride with Pierre

Nothing fancy, had just made it to Gatineau since Pierre kindly invited me for diner! We rode easy in the park.

Look at him go

Championnats Quebecois Training

A pretty beefy interval training ride in the park with Pierre. He’s racing M1 this year. The reward is food and pain.

So Happy at the start.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Almost done with the socializing and time to zoom back home. 3/4 of the way done with this ““““vacation””””. Really was nice to sleep in some beds for a change. Thank you for everyone who hung out with me!

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