posted by gavin on May 13
Hello Alex-followers, Gavin here. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Alex’s friend, and I’ll be helping out with updating and managing the blog while he’s on the road.
Alex just sent me a text message wanting to make sure that the “Daily updates from the road” page was still working fine. I expect he’s going to start sending messages directly to that page using his cell phone, so be sure to check there for the most recent status updates. I’ll try to post more detailed information and pictures here on the main page if I get them, and I’m sure Alex himself will occasionally post here himself when he has access to a computer along the way.
In slightly-older news, my father posted some pictures from the mini-Launch-Party on his blog, so check those out if you’re interested in seeing what the bike looked like when it was finally fully-loaded: Alex Bike Trip Launch.
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posted by alex on May 10
Wow, one more sleep and it’s go time. I spent the last 3 days frantically getting things done for the trip. I luckily or unluckily received my trekking bars yesterday afternoon. That gave me only a few hours to finish working on the bike. Much appreciation to the crew and Kent at Phatmoose cycles for helping me out last night and early this morning. We ended up working on the bike till 1:30am this morning!! Here she is.. isn’t she pretty?
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the tradition with cyclist is to name their rides. I never got around to naming my bike but now since it is worthy of an inspirational name, I’ve decided to call it Carmen!
Tomorrow afternoon I will be in Hawkesbury, Ontario to meet up with my grandparents. It shouldn’t be a difficult ride, mostly flat rural roads for about 100km. I’ll let you know how it went.
It’s go Time!
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posted by alex on May 6
Well it looks like I am going to bite the bullet thanks to Canada post. I was supposed to receive some parts for my bike last week but it seems like there’s a problem at Customs in Montreal. I feel like going over there and doing a little bit of rioting myself, haha. On a positive note, all of my camping gear is in. All I have to do now is put it in order and start packing. Next friday I will be heading over to the bike shop to work all night on my bike to finish it (with or without the new parts).
In other news, last sunday my good friend dave hosted a going away party for me. I am sure that all the sentimental gifts that were given to me will help with the stress and the long days. Thank you to everyone who came, it was very special for me to see you guys. In a way, I am very anxious to leave but then again I am not looking forward to look back at everyone as I peddle away.
The twitter account is now working. This means I will be able to send text messages directly to this website! The messages won’t be that long since I am not really good at typping things on my cell phone but atleast they will be frequent. The messages will be posted directly on the Daily updates from the road section of this website.
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