The poster & News

Our great friends in FCLCC have prepared this poster, and put the event on their website:

Preparation-4, Urban Trip

During this weekend we did some exercises in the pathway along the Bow river in Calgary.

Majid joins in

Majid, our friend and a member of "Friends of Children of Labour Cultural Centre" has decided to accompany us along a part of the trip to Vancouver. He is now the third member of our cycling team.
Today, 16 May 2010, he bought his bike.

Preparation-3, Frank Lake

Today (May 15, 2010) we had a round trip to Frank lake, 110 km riding. We started at 10 a.m. from Somerset C-train station (Calgary) and rode to “High-River”, a small town near the Frank lake. From High-River we rode about 10 km to Frank lake. We got back to Somerset C-train station at 4:30 p.m.

Preparation-2, Banff

On May 7, 2010, we biked from Calgary to Banff, a 130 km trip. We started at 8 a.m. and rode on road 1-A up to Canmore, and from Canmore to Banff, we rode on Highway 1 (TransCanada). The trip was about 8 hours pedaling. We got to Banff at 4:30 p.m. We slept in a hostel (Alpine Center) near Banff downtown. I came back to Calgary on May 8 by bus ( I had to disassemble my bike and put it in a cardboard box). Mohsen Stayed in Banff to attend a conference. He will come back to Calgary on Monday, May 10.

Special Thanks to our backup in Calgary, my dear friend, ALI BERAHMANI.

Preparation-1, Bragg Creek

We have been working out and exercising specifically for this trip during the past 8 months. However our first outdoor exercise with our new bikes was on May 1, 2010. We biked from Calgary to Bragg Creek, a 90 km trip which took about 4 hours. We started at 10 a.m. , arrived at 12, rested for 2 hours and returned to Calgary at 4 p.m. Some photos and the map of the trip are uploaded here.

Meeting " FCLCC" Friends

On April 29, 2010, we met our friend (Majid), a volunteer with "Friends of Children of Labour Cultural Centre (FCLCC)", and shared our idea of this bike trip with him. He Suggested that we write a proposal for our plan and after discussing with the other volunteers of FCLCC he let us know about their opinion. He contacted us later, and... yes... they agreed to collaborate with us!

Buying Bikes

On April 24, 2010 we bought two hybrid (cross) bikes and accessories for the journey. After buying the bikes the storm and rain started, and we returned home in a very harsh weather. Our bikes experienced a tough condition at the very beginning of the their life with us and they passed it very well.

Introduction

Hello

We, a group of students at university of Calgary, Canada, are planning a bike trip from Calgary to Vancouver in July 2010 with the aim of fundraising for "children of labour", the Afghan and Iranian working children suffering from acute poverty. We collaborate with our great friends at "Friends of Children of Labour Cultural Centre (FCLCC)".

In this blog we will write about the preparation for this trip, experiences, diary of the journey, and everything related to this event.