A Toasty Winter MTB "Tour de Winnipeg"

It was a beautiful "Toasty-warm" winter's day for a MTB-ing "Tour de Winnipeg". Cycling is a year-round activity in "Winterpeg" and it's not just the hot summers that are fun for biking and adventure!

I strapped on both of my Go Pro HD cameras and set out for what was to be a marvelous five hours of biking, sightseeing and relaxing ... through a bunch of city parks, along the Assiniboine River, past the Legislature, the River Trail ice path, through "The Forks" hub of gathering people, viewing the Canadian Museum For Human Rights (under contruction), marvelling at the unique Esplanade Riel Bridge, pausing at the historic Cathedrale Saint-Boniface, hopping over the Norwood Bridge and back into the Forks for a coffee at the Expresso Junction ... ahhh ... then a casual cruise home back along the Assiniboine, Wellington Crescent, Assinboine Park, Woodhaven and Sturgeon Creek.

Although the just-melting temps had some of the pathways a little soft, even the Assiniboine Park "Monkey Trails" were rideable ... very nice!

Winter in Winnipeg is highly under-rated! Some might avoid or hide from the cold months here. In doing so, they fail to connect fully with all that Winnipeg has to offer. Winter biking has broadened my connection with Winnipeg and inspired me to capture it's stark beauty on film.

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[fwsarguy2]

Hey there, sorry for the delay in response about the song. The song "Surprise Me" is by Alex Beroza (mixed) and features Mykle Anthony. I found on the free music public domain website called "ccmixter.org". There's a ton of great music there.

[tolitsmonobits]

What a nice Video, would you mind giving a more detailed description of trails you took. like where you started and so on ...im new in wpg and i would like to try taking that route you took..thanks

[gropied]

great video. Where can I find this song? it's not on iTunes. What CD is it in?

[fwsarguy2]

@shushkie

Thanks. It was fun to film a winter video on a warm day for a change ... it was a long cold one this year! Looks like the flooding will not be too epic and so spring trail rides will be coming soon :-)