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 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
Over the years in truck I got into listening to podcasts. First a few a week and then depending on the day sometimes listening to podcasts 6-7 hours a day. I have probably listen to a few 1000 hours of podcasts by now. During some of those podcast something would...
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....
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 19, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Brad Brown owns and runs a local newspaper in Saskatchewan covering the small towns Vibank, Odessa, Sedley, Francis, Montmartre, Kronau, White City, Emerald Park, Pilot Butte and Balgonie. Brad had reached out before I even started my ride and invited to be...
