# Cycling Across Canada (or lend a cyclist a hand)

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**Created:** [January 25, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-across-canada-or-lend-a-cyclist-a-hand/482935 "2009-01-25T17:54:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-across-canada-or-lend-a-cyclist-a-hand/482935/41 "2009-01-30T02:18:12Z")

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I haven’t been down either road for ages. For the longest time 1 wasn’t even divided for a chunk west of Brandon, but I believe that’s all complete. I’d be pretty surprised if it wasn’t paved shoulders the whole way as well. My memory says that 2 was one of those roads scarcely wider than the two driving lanes, but the satellite images suggest I’m wrong. In any even, after riding on the 1 from Medicine Hat I think I’d be inclined to switch to 2. The traffic is mostly of the rural/agricultural type, so while there’d be a few big trucks it wouldn’t be the nonstop stream of heavy traffic you get on the TransCanada.

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