Ok, to explain the markings and concept first:
Leaving from edmonton on saturday evenings. Spending night in Hinton as first leg is completed. Sunday morning head to Jasper as second leg is completed. Now begins the grueling third leg. Direct to Banff. I expect to stop quite a few times tho en route to Banff as there is a lot to see on the way there....plus I rather enjoy water/pee breaks in the middle of nowhere. Once in Banff I will take a look at my clock. If I have ample time (and energy) to travel back north through Jasper again AND BACK TO EDMONTON that same day, I will head back north. If not, I will take my escape route of returning to Edmonton via Calgary (stopping to see some friends in Calgary).
Speeds on the SUPER-STRAIGHT stretches of highway on flat land will never really get over 160kph....usually sitting in the 130kph-145kph range. In the mountains I will be between 90kph-120kph.
How would that work out on a naked bike? Will I be dying from hurricane level wind exposure? Will I be stopping for rests every 100m from exhaustion? Will I find myself hitch-hiking my way back having given up at the near impossible feat.....exchanging sexual favours for a return trip home from lonesome highway truckers?
Say it aint so!!!
P.S. Should have mentioned distances involved. Calgary is ~400km away from Edmonton. Bout a 2:45 trip at decent speed. 4 hours from here to Banff heading there via calgary. Banff to Jasper is also 4.0-4.5 hours or so at average speed. Jasper to Edmonton is about 3.5 hours I believe. Speed limit is 100kph. When I say average travelling I mean @ ~120kph 80% of the time.
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