Books For general travel imfo we used the well-known Lonely Planet travel guide. Links on the WWW For a good selection of other Canadian bike pages start at Raph de Rooij's Travel to the Horizon site. All main roads are in a good condition and generally speaking traffic is light. Even on a major highways traffic is relaxed. Cycling into and through a big cities like Calgary is easy.
Traffic is on the right hand side of the road.
See our muti-language bicycle vocabulary if English is not your native language and you have to communicate with Canadian bikeshop staff. For the self-catering every major town has a well stocked supermarket. It's safe to drink water from the tap. Do not drink water from rivers or lakes without proper purification. We visited this part of Canada in September.