Originally Posted by
Wiggle
How'd you find the condition of the confederation trail?
Very wet.
I thought it was a good trail. They put a thin layer of coarse gravel on much of the trail to resist erosion better than the underlying soil. There were a couple spots where the gravel layer was thick enough to slow me down, I had 57mm wide tires. And a couple spots with uncompacted loose sand. But most of the length of the trail the gravel layer was not thick at all and it had little rolling resistance. I saw a trail crew, I stopped and asked what they used for insect repellent, I do not recall the answers, each had their own favorite. PEI is very proud of having a nice trail system and I thought it was pretty good.
I think this photo is where I got off of the ferry.
The photo below was on Cape Breton Island, this was the only time I had to stop and unload the bike on all of the trails I rode. But that was Nova Scotia, not PEI, so not part of the same trail system.
