Dave & Maxine's Bicycle Treks for Life & Breath. http://www.bicycletrek.org/ Cycle Across Canada and other cycle rides are to raise funds for lung research, and we do this through the British Columbia Lung Association to which all donations go directly. All costs of the trips are paid by ourselves. This year we will participate in the 2012 BC Lung 28th Trek for Life and Breath September 8th and 9th with the Comox Medicine Shoppe as members of their Life Cycle Team Donations very welcome! Please click for the official Lung Association donation site and: Donate in support of Dave or Maxine Or even better, join the Life Cycle Team and ride with us!! en Copyright 2011 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:00:36 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Cycle Across Canada Rides the BC Lung Trek This year's ride took place on 10th and 11th September, and was for both "oldies" and "rookies" alike, but all of us in our Life Cycle Team had ridden before - it was in fact, Maxine's 19th Trek. In contrast to the rain of last year, we had two great sunny days! Here are some photos of our Team:

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Jill at the finish on Trek day 1.

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Maxine crosses the finish line closely followed by team member Rose, on Trek Day 1

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Dave on his way to the finish on Trek day 1.

As a Team, we had hoped to raise $7,500 but managed to reach $6,451. The total for the Trek itself was one of the lowest in many years, which is probably a sign of the poor state of our economy.

Very many thanks to our friends who generously gave their support!! Would we do it again - certainly! And it will be Maxine's 20th ride!

Now scroll down and "click" on our flag counter - we have been visited by people from 65 countries! Can we break 75?!

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]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2011/09/cycle_across_canada_rides_the.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2011/09/cycle_across_canada_rides_the.html Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:00:36 -0800 Cycle Across Canada goes to the USA - San Juan and Beyond! On a hot day in August, Maxine and Dave took the Washington State Ferry from Sydney, on Vancouver Island, to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. The first day there it rained all day, so Maxine took Dave around all the clothing and “arty” shops in the town and to home-grown theatre in the evening to see “The Connoisseurs”! Next day was sunny, so we cycled across the Island passing by the Crooked House:

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The Crooked House on San Juan

]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2010/08/cycle_across_canada_goes_to_th_1.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2010/08/cycle_across_canada_goes_to_th_1.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:36:24 -0800 Cycle Across Canada goes to Africa!

Cape Town

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”Uncle” Dave with Krystal and Jordan – and Table Mountain backdrop.

Dave is in Cape Town to participate in The Cape Argus cycle race which is held on the Cape Penninsula on March 14th. This is a 109 km race starting and finishing in Cape Town. There are 35,000 entries, including Lance Armstrong – and he need not worry about being beaten by Dave, because they are in different groups! Dave is in the 65-69 years old group, and Lance (plus most of the other riders!) are in somewhat younger categories!

Click for my race photos

Now scroll down and "click" on our flag counter - we have been visited by people from 53 countries! Can we break 75?!

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]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2010/03/cycle_across_canada_goes_to_af.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2010/03/cycle_across_canada_goes_to_af.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:35:07 -0800 Cycle Across Canada - Local Charity Ride

Team Lung Life completes the 25th Anniversary BC Lung Trek

The weekend of 12/13 September saw our Team ride in the 200km Trek along with a total of some 400 other riders. Our Team raised just over $10,000 to support the BC Lung Trek The overall total raised was just over $400,000!

Here is our Team with Scott McDonald of the BC Lung Association:

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From the left: Jill; Rene; Jean; Rose; Maxine; Dave and Angela

The BC Lung Association is not alone in supporting research into, and victims of lung disease - see Mesothelioma Web

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]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2009/10/cycle_across_canada_local_char.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2009/10/cycle_across_canada_local_char.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:04:02 -0800 Warm Showers - Cycle Across Canada We have had the pleasure of hosting several touring cyclists this summer, and who – like us – belong to the Warm Showers List. Click and check it out! This List is a hospitality site for touring cyclists. People who are willing to host cyclists sign up and provide their contact information, and may occasionally have someone stay with them and share great stories. The minimum requirement is a place to pitch a tent, and use of your shower and laundry, but if there are no other visitors, members often provide a bed and a meal. Continue reading to see some of our recent visitors:

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Have you cycled in the open during a thunderstorm, and wondered how to avoid being struck by lightning?

The most common advice is to “remain in your car with the windows closed”! Useless advice for cyclists! We asked an expert, Dr William Burrows, PhD Research Scientist at the Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section - Downsview, Ontario. Click here for his advice: Lightning

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Prairie Lightning photo courtesy Andrea Schneider @ PrairieAngels

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]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2009/06/cycle_across_canada_lightning.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2009/06/cycle_across_canada_lightning.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:58:51 -0800 Cycle Across Canada on YouTube Well I guess it is long past the time we joined the YouTube generation, and yes, we are now on YouTube!!

Click here to watch our animated slide show of our two trips across Canada and Dave's Icefield Parkway ride:

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If you have fast download and the "HQ" tab at bottom right is black, click on it to watch in High Quality (If the "HQ" is red, you are already watching high quality!)

The more you and your friends watch, the higher rankings we get which is good for potential future donors!!

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Yes - Dave needed a couple of hours surgery to fix the problem!!

]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2009/03/cycle_across_canada_not_for_a_1.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2009/03/cycle_across_canada_not_for_a_1.html Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:24:33 -0800 Newfoundland | Cycle Across Canada For most of Atlantic Canada, this was the view seen by passing motorists - my home-made Volkswagon advert!!

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Nice jacket, but unfortunately so much rain, it lost all its waterproof characteristics before Newfoundland, and I had to buy another!

]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2008/08/newfoundland.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2008/08/newfoundland.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:49:28 -0800 In the news - Cape Breton - Cycle Across Canada
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Click this link to hear Dave on CBC radio and scroll down to Tuesday, August 12, 2008. "Cycling Canada. We meet Dave Livingstone, a 66 year-old B.C. man, who is cycling across Canada to campaign for clean air and also raising money for the Lung Association. Livingstone (runs 7:48)"

]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2008/08/british_columbia_cyclist_goes.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2008/08/british_columbia_cyclist_goes.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:36:03 -0800 Nova Scotia | Cycle Across Canada Just to backtrack, here is my last photo before heading inland away from the St Lawrence Seaway which turned out to be my last fine day for quite a while!!

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A nice day along the St Lawrence - Riviere du Loup in the distance!

]]> http://www.bicycletrek.org/2008/08/nova_scotia.html http://www.bicycletrek.org/2008/08/nova_scotia.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:05:58 -0800 More Rain in New Brunswick | Cycle Across Canada I had always wanted to cycle across the Pont du Quebec. Check out the width of the bike path - very eerie looking down through the girders to the water below!

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Pont du Quebec

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I am now in Quebec staying a day in Montreal. I have been soaked through so many times, hard to remember what it was like to ride in the sunshine! At least the rain has stopped long enough each day for me to dry my tent!

Had a nice morning enjoying the cycle paths through Ottawa, but then spent the afternoon in real heavy rain finally making 191kms before a brief dry period enabled me to put up my tent, and then it rained most of the night

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In front of Parliament - Stephen Harper did not come out and see me!

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Mom and not so small baby moose! Steve took this one with his good camera!

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Storm approaching near Ontario Border

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