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Cycling along the Canal de Soulanges

September 23, 2025 Hansonthebike 0

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Canal de Soulanges, just west of Montreal, was once an important waterway. Now the path along it attracts many cyclists.

Gatineau in 99th percentile of 2022 People for Bikes City Ratings

August 23, 2022 Hansonthebike 1

Reading Time: 4 minutes Gatineau, across the river, scores high in the 2022 @PeopleforBikes city ratings. But look what happens if Gatineau and Ottawa are seen as a one National Capital Region, as the locals do: It has a similar rating as Vancouver, based on available data.

cycling in LEvis

Cycling in Levis: Picture Perfect Parcours des Anses

August 31, 2021 Hansonthebike 3

Reading Time: 6 minutesA hidden gem in Quebec: the Levis “Parcours des Anses’ multi use pathway allows for a lovely casual ride along the St Lawrence river.

Top 10 position for Ottawa – Gatineau in People for Bikes City Ratings

June 9, 2021 Hansonthebike 3

Reading Time: 8 minutesLast week, US based People for Bikes released its annual City Rankings Score for cycling. Ottawa ranks in the 91st percentile, Gatineau in the 98th percentile. The total number of cities ranked is 767. We’ll dive into the details here. The biggest surprise is perhaps that Vancouver ranks tenth, after Ottawa.

Grvel Road Bellamy rd Ontario

Log Driver’s Waltz allows for innovative cycling holiday in rural Ontario and Quebec

April 8, 2021 Hansonthebike 1

Reading Time: 7 minutesThere is more than cycling on multi use pathways and roads. Gravel biking is becoming more popular and the area around Ottawa in Eastern Ontario offers tons of possibilities. We’ll take a closer look at the Log Driver’s Waltz around Ottawa.

campervan vacation river in national park

Campervan holiday in Quebec great replacement for European plans

March 2, 2021 Hansonthebike 4

Reading Time: 9 minutesTravelling with a campervan brought us to some beautiful places in Quebec. But it requires some travelling as distances are vast. Enter #vanlife

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Hans on the Bike writes about cycling in the Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital Region in Canada. Stay up to date with cycling developments in this bike friendly city with hundreds of kilometres of pathways.

Hans on the Bike is not a very competitive cyclist; most of the time he is cycling around town doing errands or guiding tourists while waving to friends.

As a bicycle tour guide, he hears tons of great feed back from people from all over the world. Even from the Dutch! This is encouraging.

Ms. Hans on the Bike cycles too and is often the voluntold for Hans’ pictures. She famously declared she was not going to bike below +10C but lowered the treshold to -10C over time.

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Winter
  • Cycling to the new Westboro Beach

    June 12, 2025 4
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    February 23, 2020 0
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Food
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