Cycling in Waterloo Region

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So, I biked the whole 25 km to my office and back on Wednesday. I live in Kitchener, and work in Cambridge, on the far East side in the Lovell Industrial Park.

The route I planned took a lot of finagling - I'm quite familiar with all the various backroads to get to and from the office, to avoid 401 congestion during construction. There were only a couple of spots I couldn't figure out how to find "less scary" roads. And they were... terrifying. I don't know if I'll try this again until I can have a real re-think on this. I can't quite figure out how to totally avoid both Fountain and Maple Grove. Those were the only spots I felt like... "I'm going to die". Here's roughly what I did:

https://goo.gl/maps/U361yQGciEv

I really, really wish we had some kind of paved MUT that went all the way from Kitchener to Cambridge, just like the Spur Line Trail from Kitchener to Waterloo. Once can always dream...