Cycle Canada Bicycle Tours

CycleCanada Guide to Bicycle Touring

by Bud Jorgensen

Published by Discover Your Routes PressCanada ISBN 0-9732456-1-1

Table of Contents

• Introduction 6
• Part IA Quick Tour 8
• • Choosing a Bike (excerpt) 9
  • Finding the Right Information14
  • Memo To Women Riders21
• Part II What do I need? 24
• • A Bike 25
  • Clothes34
  • Camping Gear40
  • Tools and Bike Mechanics43
• Part III Can I do it?48
• • Fitness 25
  • Training34
  • Diet40
• Part IV Mapping and Routes 62
• • Map Basics and Cycling in Canada 63
  • The West68
  • Central Canada74
  • The Atlantic Provinces74
• Part V Did I Forget Anything 84
• • Safety 85
  • Riding in Groups88
  • Packing Tips93
  • Checklists99
• Appendix A
• Tour du Canada The Longest Annual Bike Ride in the World102
• Appendix B
• A Dictionary of Technical Stuff 112