Tour Details

June 22 to August 31, 2024!

NOTE: ONLY EAST STAGE is open for registration presently. Deadline for 2024 is July 15

Love, Sweat + Gears is a fully-supported cycling fundraiser that raises money for rider-selected charities and the expanding work of Blue Sea Foundation.

Challenge yourself to an unforgettable experience while accomplishing something remarkable. Give back to your community. Honour the memory of a friend or family member. Reset your life, revisit your priorities, or check off "Biked across the country" on your bucket list.

See the country up close and enjoy the beautiful views, hearty meals, and refreshingly simple life of riding your bike with friends.

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Stages

• Full Tour runs from June 22 to August 31.

• Stage Tour West is available for registration

• Stage Tour East is available for registration

• Note: The tour route and itinerary may change at any time. Those changes will be reflected in the Canada Route Map.)

Fully Supported

Transportation

From the airport to the start in Vancouver, and from your hotel to the airport in Charlottetown. Shuttles to all included activities, sightseeing trips, and offsite meals/lodging during the tour. Stage riders can arrange for shuttle pickup or drop off.

Lodging

Lodging is provided from Orientation on June 22, 2024 through the last night of the tour in Charlottetown on August 30, 2024. Lodging type varies depending on the location. The tour is primarily a camping tour with locations at schools, dorms, campgrounds, armory, community centers, and the rare motel or hostel. If allowed by the school, those locations will include the opportunity to sleep inside the school or gym. Riders may at their own discretion, expense, and transportation, overnight in a local hotel/motel/private housing.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided on the tour from June 23 - August 31. Breakfast and Dinner are hot meals cooked on location, while a personal lunch is usually packed by riders in the morning. Of course, riders may at their discretion and expense eat and drink anywhere along the route.

Gear

You can bring what you want, as long as it fits in your personal space in the gear truck and your camping gear duffle. Oh, and it has to meet the total weight limit of 27 kg/60 lbs!

All riders and volunteers are provided space for their gear inside the gear trailer. That means you ride with your lunch and not all your worldly possessions! You will be provided a permanent personal space that does not have to be loaded or unloaded for your clothing and other personal items. Camping gear like tents, mattresses and camp chairs are loaded and unloaded by riders each day. Click to view LS+G Tour Packing List >

Support

SAG is the support along the route provided to riders each day by our amazing team of volunteers. It consists of:

• Vehicles shadowing riders along the route each day to make sure everyone is safe and gets help along way.

• Rest stops spaced along the route for riders to pull off, sit down, grab some sweet or salty snacks, recharge their e-bike, and refill their water bottles.

• Each SAG team is equipped with a hand pump, tool box, and spare tubes.

• The number of stops depends on the daily route and are usually spaced 25-35 km apart.

Mechanic

An LS+G bike mechanic will be located along the route and in camp to help riders repair their bikes so they can continue this incredible journey. Click to view Tour Bike Mechanic Recommendations >

Other Services

• Laundry: Once a week, riders will have access to a laundromat, or can have this service contracted directly.

• Bike Mechanic: Our tour mechanic will be available to provide adjustments and repairs. (Note: Minor adjustments are included as part of the tour, while parts and labor for more involved work are the responsibility of the rider.)

• Wifi: When available, wifi is included at the overnight location. When not available, participants will use their mobile service provider, or find a local wifi provider, like a library or coffee shop.

• Lullabies: Our Tour Director Terry Barnes will sing you to sleep each night.

Your Bike

Bring the bike you enjoy riding for long distances and we recommend it be able to accommodate a 35mm tire. Road, touring, mountain, gravel, hybrid, e-bike, tandem, trike, recumbent, and whatever as long as you can ride an average of 100 km per day.

Road Surfaces

LS+G will primarily use paved roads in order the make it across Canada in a single season. However, there will be short intervals when we will use a gravel road for several km to avoid a tricky situation or take advantage of a bike trail, hence the 35 mm tire recommendation. Note: Every km of the tour has been reviewed, and much of it assessed in person by our Tour Director.