We (myself, u/underpickled, and one more) flew to Newfoundland to bikepack the T’Railway – the former railway that was supplanted by the Trans-Canada Highway and then turned into a public park/trail. [https://bikepacking.com/routes/edt1/](https://bikepacking.com/routes/edt1/)
Typical challenges ensued. Air Canada left one bike at YYZ for two days, straightjacketing our schedule for completing the 550+ miles. One knee gave out end of Day 3… she took a few days off + a bus ride to get ahead of us and we reunited for the last two days. And my exposed shifter cables/housing got irrevocably gummed up by grit and rain on day 4, so I left my bike in a single gear combo for the rest of the trip. Trains can’t handle much more than 3% grades so it was reasonable. Singlespeed is fun!
Thousands of puddles, hundreds of bridges, dozens of subtypes of gravel, “it was hard” even on 2.2” tires and slack frames, we were soaked many times, the generosity of Newfies was endless. Saw hundreds of ATV-campers and a half dozen other bike packers. Beavers, moose, lynx, black bear, silver fox, lots of alive and dead frogs, mosquitos. Accents like we were in Ireland or the UK. We averaged just under 70 miles per day including side trips. If you’re up for a challenge, the T’Railway is it!
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We (myself, u/underpickled, and one more) flew to Newfoundland to bikepack the T’Railway – the former railway that was supplanted by the Trans-Canada Highway and then turned into a public park/trail. [https://bikepacking.com/routes/edt1/](https://bikepacking.com/routes/edt1/)
Typical challenges ensued. Air Canada left one bike at YYZ for two days, straightjacketing our schedule for completing the 550+ miles. One knee gave out end of Day 3… she took a few days off + a bus ride to get ahead of us and we reunited for the last two days. And my exposed shifter cables/housing got irrevocably gummed up by grit and rain on day 4, so I left my bike in a single gear combo for the rest of the trip. Trains can’t handle much more than 3% grades so it was reasonable. Singlespeed is fun!
Thousands of puddles, hundreds of bridges, dozens of subtypes of gravel, “it was hard” even on 2.2” tires and slack frames, we were soaked many times, the generosity of Newfies was endless. Saw hundreds of ATV-campers and a half dozen other bike packers. Beavers, moose, lynx, black bear, silver fox, lots of alive and dead frogs, mosquitos. Accents like we were in Ireland or the UK. We averaged just under 70 miles per day including side trips. If you’re up for a challenge, the T’Railway is it!