What is Howie's! 3D
Urban Exploro?
Howie's! 3D Urban Exploro isn't a business. It's a personal project, by a guy named Howie. He's a friend of a friend.
Speaking of friends, The Baron is Howie's extraordinary counterpart, always up for finding new routes and co-hosting group rides all summer long. It's a partnership that has never failed to entertain. In the old days you would leave your house on your bike with two dimes and a nickel in your pocket to go to the corner store to buy a bag of chips (the big bag) and end up being out exploring for hours. This is all about capturing the feeling of discovery and wonderment you had when you were 12, but with beers after. Being an adult has at least some benefits. |
Unlike a lot of cycling related websites, Howie's! 3D Urban Exploro is not about high-performance, or really even medium-performance for that matter.
Howie, with help of friends, highlights fun places to ride in Ottawa you may not already know about. This website aims to share novel insight on Ottawa's gravel pathways, grassy fields, hydro-roads, single-track and concrete ramps inside the Greenbelt.
We have curated some routes to share that we hope will inspire you. In particular, we consider "Howie's Roubaix", a 125km loop of the Greenbelt, to be our Urban-Cross masterpiece.
Howie is also attempting to build Ottawa's raddest "Greenbelt Bike" by restoring and upgrading a couple of vintage MTBs. You can follow along to see how it turns out and you can take advantage of his research on the Interweb Time-Waster.
We also want to make sure that you keep things safe, so that's why we developed the MostlySafe philosophy.
Howie, with help of friends, highlights fun places to ride in Ottawa you may not already know about. This website aims to share novel insight on Ottawa's gravel pathways, grassy fields, hydro-roads, single-track and concrete ramps inside the Greenbelt.
We have curated some routes to share that we hope will inspire you. In particular, we consider "Howie's Roubaix", a 125km loop of the Greenbelt, to be our Urban-Cross masterpiece.
Howie is also attempting to build Ottawa's raddest "Greenbelt Bike" by restoring and upgrading a couple of vintage MTBs. You can follow along to see how it turns out and you can take advantage of his research on the Interweb Time-Waster.
We also want to make sure that you keep things safe, so that's why we developed the MostlySafe philosophy.