The Right Bike for This Ride

This ride is mostly on paved bike paths with some sections on hard-packed, well-maintained gravel.  (The Tour de L'île portion is on fully-paved roads that are closed to cars.)  There a few short sections on sleepy rural or suburban roads.

What's the right bike for this trip?

•A standard around-town hybrid is fine.

• A road bike. If you have skinny road bike tires (like I do) that's fine, but I would temporarily switch to wider tires (28mm or more) if possible. If you want to switch to a fatter tire, you MUST take your bike to your favorite shop. Not all tires fit all bikes. There is no measurement you can do at home to know if a wider tire will fit. I love ordering stuff online, but this is the wrong time to try it. Trust me on this one.  Be aware that your shop might have to order wider tires for you -- give them plenty of advance notice.

• A mountain bike (but I would temporarily take the giant knobby tires off the mountain bike and put on smooth ones).

• Ebikes, tandems, recumbents, trikes, fixies... all welcome.