Norco Search XR S1 - This bike changed my cycling life. I went from 200 km a month trail rider to cranking out a 1000 km plus in the same time frame, rediscovering the city and all its paths and trails. It didn't take long to start looking beyond the city limits and more extended challenges.

Bikepacking, cycle touring, call it what you will, but a mini cycling adventure along the quiet roads of northern Ontario's Algoma country will do wonders for the mind and soul. You don't have to go far; you just have to go.

Fat bike tourism, not sure that it’s thing yet but if there is one place in Canada that the term can already be applied to it is Quebec’s Eastern Townships.

When the opportunity presented itself to explore some Algoma backcountry with the crew from Red Pine Tours, why bother with baby steps when you can jump into the deep end. I'm in; let's ride!