not that this helps but I went to school in Montreal and always rode up Mont Royal. I had a mtn bike with slicks and would go up the gravel path then burn down camillian-houde and ave. du parc and repeat. i loved riding through all the traffic going up. such an adrenaline rush. never really rode anywhere else. I would check strave or map my ride.

If you're looking for a city ride there are cycling paths along the Lachine canal.
Another option is Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve @ Parc Jean-Drapeau. You can bike the 4.4km F1 race track.
For 'proper' road cycling you will need to leave the city.
Loads of options within 60 minutes of MTL.

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Where are you in Montreal?

Lachine Canal to the Circuit, along the Estacade and back, no hills but if you're with the right people you can get a heck of a ride in.

West along Lakeshore, cross the bridge at Ste. Anne and head to Ile Perret and beyond. Again, not too many hills, but good rides. I'm in the West Island, so I do that one alot. For shorter rides from my house there are loops through Senneville that have hill repeats that can leave you hurting.

Off of Gouin in St. Laurent / Cartierville you can hook up to Le Petit Train du Nord - it's a paved path that you can ride all the way to St. Jerome, then it turns to crushed gravel. But from there you can jump on any number of roads through the lower Laurentians that will give you all the hills you can handle. Many an exhausted ride along that route, both when I lived in Rosemere and in Ville St Laurent...

triordie1994 - I love the descent there, a good wide smooth road to get some speed up!
Guffaw - I'll check them out, thanks.
snoots - I'm in Rosemont so I'm not sure if there's a good way to get out West without going through the centre. What are the hills like to ride in the lower Laurentians? Anything steep or long? Thanks!

Have any of you ridden with a club here or done any races?

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There is bike racing every Tuesday in Lachine
https://mardiscyclistes.wordpress.com/


You can also scoot along Gouin to Ile Bizard, take the ferry across and go in St-Eustache and Oka. I can post you some Garmins if you PM me.


At the end of the Estacade you can cross over to the South Shore and come back across near the F1 track.

If you want hills....the Whiteface toll road should be opening up any minute. 2 hours (by car) south of the city in Wilmington NY. It just happens to match the pitch and length of a certain "hill" called Alpe d'Huez ;)

Nice. I'll check that out

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For long rides, P'tit Train du Nord from Laval is nice.

Also:

From Rosemont, go into Laval from Lajeunesse, turn left on Concorde. Follow Concorde all the way to the end (you will switch to Notre-Dame). Turn right on Samson, which will become Bord-de-l'eau, which will become les Érables. From there, you can take the train tracks to Deux-Montagnes and follow the cycling track on the other side. For a long time. You will end up in Oka. You can then continue on the 344, and then the 148, and go all the way to Ottawa :)

You can also drive to the Oka Park and start from there. The park is great for running, swimming and biking :)

Thanks, I'll give that a go next week

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1) South to the Estacade, over to the bridge in Ste-Catherine, and then along the farm roads to St-Remi, and Napierville.

2) Start in Hudson and out to Ste-Marthe, Dalkeith, Vankleek Hill and beyond. Lots of nice farm roads and you'll even pass a llama farm. All the little llamas will run to the fence to watch you with great interest.

3) Rouses Point (Dollar General parking lot) south to Jay, NY. Pretty nice hills. Classic ride.

4) Starting in Westmount (Greene Ave & Sherbrooke) do Mt Pleasant hill, then drop down to Cotes-des-Neiges and back up Mt Royal. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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Rouses Point! Wow, my home town!

Sorry, nothing useful to add to the thread; I wasn't into endurance sports when I lived there. But I really wasn't expecting to see it mentioned here.

Cheers!

My Mom used to live in Vankleek Hill, I've passed that llama farm many times, that's funny...

To the OP - the hills in the Laurentians vary, from slight to ouchie, depending on where you ride. There are so many smaller / secondary roads that are low traffic, the main ones can be busy. You didn't mention driving, if you're driving you can essentially get anywhere up north as a starting point and head out....

Here is the llama farm.

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of course there is around the west of the island
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/173095506

then there is the estacade and south shore
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/187636139

you can use the ferry on Ile Bizard to get to this route in Oka
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/45176504
or this one
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/27371052

Exactly. My Mom lived first in St-Eugène and then in Vankleek Hill... I'd get off at Rigaud and take the 10 / Barb Rd. and pass it every time. She actually knows the guy, he helped her out when her car broke down one time, nice guy says she...

Thanks for the garmin links and all of the responses. Looking forward to getting off the turbo!

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