I've given up on waiting for parts, I'm going to plan B, which is;
1. Get a pair of bicycle shorts and suffer the hard seat
2. Buy a jerrycan to overcome the tiny (14l) tank.
Fortunately Rob, the aero engineer next door loaned me a jerry can. Everyone needs an aero engineer next door!
The first day started well after waking up at 5:00(!) Breakfast, a few emails, load the bike and off at 9:15, close enough to the planned 9:00 start to not matter. The route I chose was north up to Vernon, then across to Kamloops to pick up Highway 1 then 97 North.
During the first hour I noticed a wee weave from time to time that made me think of tyre pressures, but I eventually decided it was either longitudinal disturbances in the road surface or a combination of load and speed.
During the first hour I noticed a wee weave from time to time that made me think of tyre pressures, but I eventually decided it was either longitudinal disturbances in the road surface or a combination of load and speed.
While stopped for a few photos of Kamloops Lake (above), I spied one of those super long CPR trains winding along the edge of the lake. Next thing another goes up the other side of the lake, too long for me to get it all in the camera's field of view. I measured one by the side of the road later at 2.2km.
Highway 97 North follows Frazer's Chasm and the old Gold Rush Trail.
Gold Rush Trail - bit more pavement now than in those days.
It's pretty much a run through several Provincial Parks up through to Prince George. Lots of wee gathering spots with names like 100 Mile House, 150 Mile House, etc. Fair sprinkling of ramshackle houses and parked RVs about too.
Distance, 673k, time on road, 10 hours, 68.6 mpg, using a bit of oil.
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