by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 3, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
July 17 Km’s Travelled – 100 km’s Destination – 4 km’s east of Kipling Some Notes – As usual beautiful day but with killer headwinds. I actually left the TransCanada Hwy in Moosomin to cut across Hwy 48 to Regina. In many ways this was a mistake as I got stuck...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 31, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I barely pedalled to his business with more bike issues. Kevin helped me locate some bike help in Brooks that could possibly look at my bike. I arrived at Kevin’s shop about 20 minutes before closing and then was able to drive me into town with all my gear. It...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 28, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I walked into That’s Empressive in the town of Empress to make arrangements for a camping site and a shower. Ted took one look at me and instantly recognized me as a cyclist biking across Canada. I still don’t understand how he was able to recognize me as a bike...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 22, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
So east of Swift Current my bike trailer wheel started to make a squealing noise and I knew instantly what the problem was. A quick inspection of the wheel validated my suspicions. The one dust over had disintegrated and the hub and bearing were exposed again (just...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 20, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
July 6 Km’s pedalled – 106 km’s Some Notes – I traded the hills for a headwind. Today has been very windy, hot and sunny. The headwind seems to have made the temperatures or at least the humid index more manageable. I saw 2 (separate) cycle tourist heading...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 20, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Chris and Lindsay from Regina Saskatchewan are looking to cycle across Canada on trikes next year. So it was great to be able to talk gear and bike routes. I stayed at their place for 2 nights allowing me to get caught up once again on blogging and photo editing....
