03 April 2015

Spot Gen3 GPS tracker

The cat and I, playing with our new gadget: a Spot GPS tracking device 📡. It will allow me to send checking, and help request to my wife and she'll know we're I am. I hope to never have to use that SOS emergency search and rescue button though. #biking #cycling

A photo posted by Xavier Briand (@xavierbriand) on Apr 3, 2015 at 8:59am PDT

01 April 2015

I can hear the ice moving

I can hear the ice moving ❄. Magic #run tonight🏃🌆 #running #training #toronto

A photo posted by Xavier Briand (@xavierbriand) on Apr 1, 2015 at 5:13pm PDT

31 March 2015

Introducing Orange Mecanique

🎆🎆Please welcome "Orange Mécanique"🎆🎆, my new #allcity #MachoManDisc long distance cycling bike built by switchback_cyclery 🚲🍊 We'll get to know each other for the Uxbridge Ice Classic populaire this Saturday ❄❄❄. A 110k randonneur ride that should end up being a century for me. And no, I'm not grinning like a kid 😁 #biking #cycling Photo from AK, my self proclaimed agent 😎.</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by Xavier Briand (xavierbriand) on Mar 31, 2015 at 7:26pm PDT

11 October 2014

Canals, Lake and Niagara Falls

Last Thanksgiving long week, C, I and our tandem bicycle went to Niagara Falls region to cycle along the Welland Canals parkway trail and the Niagara River recreation trail.

26 September 2014

Bikepacking the Trans Canada Trail, from Uxbridge to Belleville, Ontario

This is a report of my 350+km bike trip from Toronto downtown to Belleville Ontario in two and a half days.