{"id":21550,"date":"2009-05-11T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2016-09-11T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T12:45:26","slug":"first-enjoyable-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/first-enjoyable-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"First Enjoyable Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a long weekend here in British Columbia, so I suspected that Canadian Tire would have a major sale on outdoorsy stuff. I therefore waited to purchase my missing kayak and bicycle accessories.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Tire in Dawson Creek didn&#8217;t have everything I wanted in stock, but I was very happy with what they did have, being able to finish kitting out <a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=804\">my bike<\/a> at rock bottom prices. As for the kayak, I scored a life vest at a great price, but I&#8217;m still up the creek without a paddle! I&#8217;ll try the one in Fort St John tomorrow and if that doesn&#8217;t pan out (ooh, nice pun considering the road I&#8217;m on!) there&#8217;s always the one in Whitehorse where I could have the paddle I want brought in for me.<\/p>\n<p>For the bike, what I needed most was a good pump. The few times I&#8217;d been out, the riding wasn&#8217;t enjoyable because of underinflated tires. I had a pump, but it was crap! This time, I got a really good pump, with a pressure gauge, for 60% off. The other item I got is very self-indulgent: a silicon seat cover!<\/p>\n<p>I got home and decided to try out my bike on the Dawson Trail. Getting it out of the trunk was easier than I&#8217;d expected and getting the front wheel back on only took moments. The reverse was equally easy. Now that I know this, I won&#8217;t hesitate to take the bike out on those nights when I&#8217;m urban dry camping and want to explore.<\/p>\n<p>The tires pumped and the gears lubricated, I set off for a short ride that turned out to be very enjoyable! What a difference properly inflated tires make! I am absolutely in love with this bicycle. It handles like a mountain bike but is lightweight like a racing model; the best of both worlds! I had no problem navigating gravel and potholes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more pictures of the Dawson Trail:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1407\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407\" title=\"cimg0039\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cimg0039.jpg\" alt=\"Rotary Lake; Dawson Creek's manmade lake and popular swimming hole\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rotary Lake; Dawson Creek&#8217;s manmade lake and popular swimming hole<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1408\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1408\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1408\" title=\"cimg0037\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cimg0037.jpg\" alt=\"This charred area still has a very strong burn smell\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This charred area still has a very strong burn smell<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1409\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1409\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1409\" title=\"cimg0036\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cimg0036.jpg\" alt=\"This sort of sky is apparently very common in Dawson Creek; the weather changes quickly and for short periods.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This sort of sky is apparently very common in Dawson Creek; the weather changes quickly and for short periods.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a long weekend here in British Columbia, so I suspected that Canadian Tire would have a major sale on outdoorsy stuff. I therefore waited to purchase my missing kayak and bicycle accessories. The Canadian Tire in Dawson Creek didn&#8217;t have everything I wanted in stock, but I was very happy with what they did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1442,632,1127,635,5,3],"tags":[1467,796],"class_list":["post-21550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britishcolumbia","category-canada","category-dawson-creek-bc-canada-travel","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel","tag-alaska-highway","tag-city-tours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}