Cycling in Waterloo Region

[clasher]

The Friendship Trail was excellent; I rode it a couple of weeks ago.  I'd been waiting all winter to go down and check it out.  The scenery was lovely, quality of the pavement was top-notch.

I was thinking about building my own bike later this year, picking out all my dream components, and building just what I want - then I stumbled across these guys... and realized they already put together almost exactly what I was looking for (belt drive and some kind of internal hub - the IVT/CVT is perfect!):  https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/thecontinuum

That's a lot of bike for 900$ even if it's in USD. I thought about buying a nice road bike setup with hydraulic brakes, belt drive and gear hub... but it was almost 3000$ so I passed. Building bikes from the frame up and picking parts is fun but it is so much more expensive than just buying a whole bike and changing a few parts to suit. I've got to get rid of some of the bikes I don't ride