text: On our last day in Montreal a group of friends and I did a bike tour around the city with Fitz Folwell We had to reserve a few weeks in advance and our preferred date Saturday was fully booked so definitely call ahead if you have interest The tour starts at and is advertised to end at but be aware that if you do have slow riders in your group and we had a couple who crashed a few times which slowed down our tail rider it will go longer Our bike tour ended at PM which was substantially later than we anticipated but the weather was incredibly gorgeous out degrees with nary a cloud in the sky so I did not mind at allnnIf you show up around minutes ahead of time it is easy enough to get set up you head out back which is really just walking through the back of the store to a back road where it is easy to get people set up on their bikes After a short introduction we had Frederic as our guide and Mimi a McGill student as our tail rider we were on our way There is much more of a balance at the beginning of talking about the sites are you ride through McGill through downtown and eventually down through Old Montreal to the water once you bike past Old Port which you will stop by later on you get a decent amount of stretch where you are just biking beside Lachine Canal to Atwater Market There you will eat lunch which for us was pizzaand they even bought me a beer which was quite awesome on the old unused tracks that ran along the canal before heading back As mentioned previously you will stop by Old Port before heading up through the Latin Quarter and Plateau MontRoyal back to the shop It is a very informative tour that mixes in the sites of more modern Montreal with its older past Frederic was very charming and knowledgeable about the sites and did not talk for too long which can be a drawback of informative tours at times The way the tour is designed such that it does allow for an extended stretch of pure biking was a nice way to make it feel more like you are just out for a bike ride and not stopping all the timennIn all this was a phenomenal experience If you are looking for a tour that will give you a great overview of the main areas of Montreal this is a mustdo The shopowners are incredibly friendly and it is right by MontRoyal as well so it is centrally located Even if you have not biked for a long time and this was my first time in nearly years you will not feel like you are in danger mainly because Montreal drivers have a sense of courtesy that some like those in my native New York City lack