“You weigh 265 pounds”

On Highway 6 between Harrison and Hope, I pull into a trucker weigh station, just for the hell of it. Dominque tells me the bike and gear weigh 120kg (265lb). Specifications say the bike weighs 95kg and the bike’s weight limit is 136kg, so we agree that I am safe to proceed…

 

Dominque invites me inside the weigh station and shares the staff’s Wall of Shame – incidents of truckers behaving badly, both locally and elsewhere. Wheels missing bolts, vans falling off flat-bed trucks, hay bales gone astray.