Railway Trail & Pedego E-Bikes

[abgraham]

Has anyone rented Pedego E-Bikes? How as the process? I know there are many segments of the rail trail... which were your favorites?  If we were to rent Pedego bikes we would have to start out of St. George.  Not sure if we should ditch the e-bikes and rent regular bikes in order to explore a different section of the rail trail. We would love any suggestions of a section that we can ride and then stop to picnic/swim for a bit. 

[SueMo]

It’s been years since we walked the rail trail portion close to St. George.  What I remember of it, it wasn’t particularly conducive to bike riding.  We had to climb a fairly steep hill out of town to get to it, and once there the trail was grassy and had actual rail ties for portions of the trail.  Unless it has changed, I would walk, rather than bike, on the trail.  Maybe somebody has been there more recently and can offer more up to date info.

[egurbi]

The portion of the railway trail closest to St. George is not really conducive to biking though it can be done.  To reach the section you need to travel on local roads for about 3/4 mile before reaching the section.  I suppose you could bike on these roads, but they have substantial traffic. Navigating them by foot is also rather challenging even though most of it (not all) have sidewalks.  Once you reach the section of the trail itself (just past the oil dockyards), it is mostly flat and you probably could bike it -- but it is also quite short, I am going to say less than 3 miles in its entirety (maybe less than that) before you come to the end (bridge that used to carry the train over the water no longer exists), so not a particularly long ride though the views are quite nice, and the end of the section would be a lovely place for a picnic.

 

The sections of the trail running form Flatts Village to roughly the Caves (trail ends about 1/3 mile from the caves) are quite nice and quite scenic -- there are a few spots where you would need to walk the bike, but I've seen several bikes on the trail there. You could bike from St. George to the Caves and do these sections in reverse (Caves to Flatts), but keep in mind most of your ride would be on roads. If an experienced biker this would be doable, though I'm no fan of Bermuda's narrow roads....  

[princeton123211]

On 6/20/2022 at 10:18 AM, abgraham said:

Not sure if we should ditch the e-bikes and rent regular bikes in order to explore a different section of the rail trail. We would love any suggestions of a section that we can ride and then stop to picnic/swim for a bit. 

Also keep in mind that most of the summer it is beastly hot and and incredibly humid especially at the height of the day. 

[billslowsky]

21 hours ago, princeton123211 said:

Also keep in mind that most of the summer it is beastly hot and and incredibly humid especially at the height of the day. 

I did the other end of the trail in October a few years ago (Dockyard to Hamilton).  With a helmet and light backpack for water I still wound up pulling over at a grocery store to get more water.  Very humid.  Started out a little after 9am.

[ClarkBHM]

Just wanted to thank everyone for this conversation. We'll be there in June and I had the same question, but you answered it.