Railway trail Somerset to Hamilton

[rachelrae36]

Good morning.  We have a great cruise plan for the end of Oct.  Hubby and I want to rent bicycles and ride part of the railway trail.  We were hoping to rent bicycles in either Dockyard or Somerset and then drop them off in Hamilton at the end of the day.  If not that’s not allowed I did see you can take them on the ferry. My question is can you ride from Dockyard or is it safer to take the bus to Somerset to rent bikes?  And I’m not sure how we would get them back from Dockyard to Somerset  where the ferry lands if we do that. 

Hope this isn’t’ too confusing and thanks for any tips about riding the trail, Its something we are really looking forward to.  

[billslowsky]

I rode from the dockyard a few years ago.  Brought the bike back on the ferry.  Make sure you get a good map.  The trail wasn't always well marked and some places it was the main road - often with no shoulder, you're riding along a wall.  Also hilly near the golf course. I probably felt safest riding down Front Street into Hamilton, the drivers gave me room.

 

Make sure you bring water (and a helmet).

[CruisinKikster]

I'm curious about this question too. I'd love to know how people navigated the Dockyard-Somerset section with bikes. I'm okay with taking the bus to Somerset if we can bring the bikes with us, or if there's a rental shop in Somerset that works too. 

[cyntil8ing]

Many years ago, we rented bikes late one afternoon in Dockyard, locked them up overnight by the ship, then started off at sunrise, when it was cool and there was no road traffic at all. We didn’t ride all the way to Hamilton, but picked up a ferry back to Dockyard from Rockaway. It was a great morning! We were back early enough to have breakfast with the kids and grandparents.

[Charles4515]

6 hours ago, CruisinKikster said:

I'm curious about this question too. I'd love to know how people navigated the Dockyard-Somerset section with bikes. I'm okay with taking the bus to Somerset if we can bring the bikes with us, or if there's a rental shop in Somerset that works too. 

You can't bring bikes on the buses. 

[CruisinKikster]

Thank you both!