I was intrigued by the bike, so I emailed Coates to find out more details about it and the BEAMZ project because I thought it was significantly different from
other wooden bikes, and because the project seems to have potential as a replicable model for other local forestry - based enterprises.
The centrepiece is a
wooden bridge across the Kicking Horse River, a symbol of the logging industry backbone and a deep connection to the natural environment that the people share, one skis it, walks it,
bikes it, climbs it and the
other sleds it, cuts it, hunts it and drives it.