A bike bingo game built on a personal wish list of rides

My new way to organize bike rides I want to do.

This isn’t about one bike ride. Instead, it’s a way I’ve found to organize my To Be Ridden wish list (a riff off To Be Read, for all you bookworms).

With a bingo sheet.

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P’tit Train du Nord day 2: On to Mont Tremblant

More stunning scenery on our bike ride along the Pt’t Train du Nord.

We’re biking Canada’s P’tit Train du Nord: a 120-mile bike path in the summer, snow mobile or cross-country path (depending on the section) in the winter.

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P’tit Train du Nord day 1: First poutine, then a 4-course gourmet dinner

35 miles on the P’tit Train du Nord from Mont Laurier to Nominingue.

The P’tit Train du Nord once transported skiers and others into the Laurentian mountains north of Montreal. Now it’s a popular 200-km (120-mile) rail trail between Mont Laurier and St. Jerome, plus a 32-km addition into the Montreal suburbs, and part of Quebec’s fabulous Route Verte network of bike paths.

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I’m planning a bike ride on the Ohio to Erie Trail — got any tips?

Time to discover the 326 miles between Cleveland and Cincinnati.

I’m excited to bike the Ohio to Erie Trail in June …. or should I say Erie to Ohio?

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