This route connects the flatlands of Chatham-Kent and Lambton, the rolling hills of Oxford and Perth with many of Elgin and Middlesex’s best roads. Although the mapped route starts in Ingersoll it could be started in St Thomas, St Marys or any of the other smaller towns and villages that dot the route. Although the route takes you to from Lake Huron to the Erie shore many of the real gems can be found in the quiet valley roads of the Thames, Ausable and Sydenham Rivers or the creeks along the Erie Shore.
Leif Maitland of the London Centennial Wheelers Touring
Bike Choice:
This route can be handled by basically any gravel-bike. A mountain-bike or even gravel tires over 45mm wide will feel like overkill outside about 10km (Sandytown Line and Somers Road) south of Tillsonburg.
Adrian Grant of www.ridegravel.ca
Chris Panasky, host of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast.
Matthew Kadey, curator of Bikepacking Ontario.