{"id":992,"date":"2011-05-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/?p=992"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:40:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T15:40:33","slug":"top-5-reasons-to-cycle-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/top-5-reasons-to-cycle-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Reasons to Cycle Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest post from David Houghton at Biciklo<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

Reason #1<\/h3>\n

Your choice of landscapes. Do you like mountain passes? Long flat stretches? Winding, tree-lined roads? Rocky shores? Canada has them all, and on a large scale.<\/p>\n

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Reason #2<\/h3>\n

Poutine. Doughnuts. Butter tarts. Sugar Pie. Back bacon. Fiddlehead greens. Montreal smoked meat. Bakeapple pie. Nanaimo bars. A wide selection of gastronomic curiosities that beg to be sampled.<\/p>\n

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Reason #3<\/h3>\n

Great National and Provincial parks. Every province offers great camping facilities, often with showers, barbecue pits, laundry facilities and exceptional views.<\/p>\n

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Reason #4<\/h3>\n

Wide open spaces. With nearly ten million square kilometers to explore, Canada is perfect for those who like a long ride. And with smooth, flat roads and a tailwind, it\u2019s not uncommon to cover 150 to 200 kilometers in a day.<\/p>\n

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Reason #5<\/h3>\n

Water. Canada is a country of streams, rivers, waterfalls and lakes. You\u2019re never far away from the soothing sound of cool, clear water \u2013 the perfect place for a dip at the end of a day\u2019s riding.<\/p>\n

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