On 02-08-97 STEVEN MCFARLANE wrote to DENNIS FARKAS... 
 
 SM> Actually, I have been to Calgary but only once.  I went to Kananaskis  
 SM> (sp?) Park for the Canadian Boy Scout Jamboree in 1981.  We went to  
 SM> Calgary for the day to see the Stampede.  I don't recall the town as 
 SM> being especially hilly although the mountains just outside the town are 
 SM> pretty severe.
 SM>  
 SM> I think the rule is more universal than just applying to Albertans. I 
 SM> live in Japan next to a river and the wind pattern most of the time is a 
 
 SM> constant west wind.  My regular morning ride takes me upriver 10-15 km 
 SM> or so.  In that case, it is uphill *and* into the wind.  Of course, the  
 SM> return leg of ride is downhill with a tailwind so it balances out.   
 SM>  
 SM> By Albertan standards, the mountains around here qualify as large hills  
 SM> but they are steep enough for me.  There are a few around here that make 
 
 SM> me use the bottom gears of my Trek hybrid. 
 SM>  
 SM> What happens in 2005?  I should probably know that, being Canadian (from 
 
 SM> Toronto) but I've lived in Japan for the last 8 years and have lost 
 SM> touch with much of Canadian culture. 
 
Pity your stay was so brief. As for the mountains just outside of town, well 
those are just the foothills, moderate climbs. Severe is 100km west of 
Calgary 
when you actually get to the Rockies, 2500-5000 meters elevation. (Envision  
an 8spd cogset running from 11-26 teeth, no corncobs on our road machines) 
  
As for 2005, this is something that you shold know about, being that Nagoya 
Japan has a competing bid for the "World Exposition". From what I hear, a 
great many Japanese(and others) are ready to lynch the Nagoya Expo Commitee 
over a great many Environmental concerns.  
 
Moving on to Canadian Culture. We still buy snow tires from Canuk Tire, drink 
 
beer (tho not in any quantity by Japanese standards), watch Don Cherry on 
Hockey Nite in Canada, dispise the (G)rab and (S)teal (T)ax [and Brian 
Mulrouney], 
and in most places can only ride 3 months out of a year without resorting to 
Thinsulate riding clothes. 
 
 
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