by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 8, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog
This “feature photo” for this blog piece is a photo of the actual Arctic Ocean that I took in 2004 during a road trip to Alaska. So as I write this it is August 8, 2020 and I am currently in Calgary and will be ready to leave Calgary in a few days on the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 4, 2020 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
On August 2 when I arrived at the Hoodoos near Drumheller Alberta I was basically out of water, 6 days without a shower, my battery packs almost drained, I had just pedallled 100 km’s in the heat and it was going to be dark soon. My options were limited other...
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...
