by Ben | May 14, 2017 | Ben's Tech Tips
What Should I Look for When Assessing My Bike’s Condition? We recommend you get your bike tuned up at a shop you trust. And, if you’re going to make any changes to your bike, do it a month or two before your tour so you’ve got time to adjust and catch any problems....
by Ben | May 14, 2017 | Ben's Tech Tips
So you’re thinking about cycle touring in Alberta’s Rocky Mountain national parks or in an equally spectacular location? You’ve got a bike and you’re wondering what you should do to get it ready for road riding in the mountains? I’ve asked a friend, Brent Robinson of...
by Ben | May 14, 2017 | People, Places
Sunwapta Falls Rocky Mountain Lodge By Matt Corlett, as told to Tammie Burak Sometime in the mid-1940’s, William (Bill) Hayhurst, a Jasper high school principal opened Sunwapta Tea House on lease land. He built some cabins. There was no power, no water. Bill was a bit...
by Ben | May 14, 2017 | Ben's Tech Tips, General info, People
You don’t have to be a super-fit athlete to ride the Icefields Parkway. It helps to be in reasonably good physical shape, but if cycling the Parkway is something you really want to do, a can-do attitude can go a long way toward accomplishing your goal. Mountain...
by Ben | May 14, 2017 | People, Places
Arthur Coleman Discovers the Icefields Parkway Route, 1884 In 1884, Arthur Coleman, a geology professor at the University of Toronto, arrived in the Rockies on a quest to find a mysterious mountain he’d read about in an 1827 entry of the journal of David Douglas, a...
