Where'd You Ride Today? (New & Improved)
01-23-23, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
I took my first ride of the year through the Columbia River Gorge today with @gugie. I can't seem to pass the Portland Women's Forum scenic viewpoint without taking a picture. It never gets old.
After a stop at Multnomah Falls for some much needed hot chocolate, we headed back to Trout
After a stop at Multnomah Falls for some much needed hot chocolate, we headed back to Trout
Only once was I on a bike. That was the first week of a 50 day cross country bike tour that started on the coast near Astoria,OR and the portion along the Columbia River brings back great memories.
Yes, that view! Most impressive! Intoxicating even!
One memory from early in that tour was when
we got to Hood River.
We were riding toward the campground after picking up some groceries and a man flagged us down.
He asked us about our trip. He had an interest because years ago he had bike toured across a country.
It was a pretty short tour as that country was Panama.
After talking with us a while he said he had a mobile home in town which he stayed at during the week and then went home on weekends.
He said we could sleep there if we wanted even though he was leaving town. He had an older vehicle there also and gave us the key to it in case we needed it.
We took him up on the offer and
really were blown away by his hospitality and trust.
That's just one of the many accounts of remarkable kindness and hospitality we experienced while bike touring.
There are a lot of good people out there.
Also a great memory in the area a few days before that was The Metal Cowboy, Joe Kurmaskie put us up a couple days at his house. He and his family were especially kind and generous to us.
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
I was afraid to ask how long you were waiting at Crown Point before I got there. In addition to being slower up the hill, I stopped for a nature break, stopped to adjust my indexing so I could use my lowest gear and stopped to take pictures of the truck that was in the woods.
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Originally Posted by Straightblock
After I took this picture, a coyote crossed the pass less than 100 feet behind me, but he was down the bluff and out of sight before I could snap a pic.
My high school alma mater
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01-23-23, 12:32 PM
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01-23-23, 04:07 PM
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Oh my, today was beautiful. It is sunny, warm, (~65 deg), with a gentle breeze, just like @djkashuba
And it's a fair wind
Blowin' warm out of the south over my shoulder
Guess I'll set a course and go.
RIP, David Crosby
And it's a fair wind
Blowin' warm out of the south over my shoulder
Guess I'll set a course and go.
RIP, David Crosby
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Lovely late afternoon commute:
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Originally Posted by merziac
That's often a normal "shortcut" or sometimes "hold my beer" moment if you live in Corbett or up Larch Mt. 
Nothing to see here folks, ride on.
01-24-23, 01:37 PM
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With the war in Ukraine creating grain shortages there's been a lot of wheat planted here this past year. The harvest has now started but pics of that to follow.
. This picture from last week but had to wait to accumulate 10 posts before posting.
. This picture from last week but had to wait to accumulate 10 posts before posting.
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I have been riding my more modern Hybrids of late. Today I go out on my 1993 Diamond Back Sorrento for another visit to the Cane Creek Rails to Trails/Five Mile Creek Greenway at Black Creek Park in Fultondale, AL.
One of the remaining concrete mile markers from the former railroad.
My favorite picture spot on the trail.
After the ride I dropped off my 1990 Specialized Sirrus at a LBS for some service work, then rode a few miles around downtown Birmingham.
One of the remaining concrete mile markers from the former railroad.
My favorite picture spot on the trail.
After the ride I dropped off my 1990 Specialized Sirrus at a LBS for some service work, then rode a few miles around downtown Birmingham.
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Ha! I noticed that same truck in August. How does something like that sit there for so long?
How do you even get a truck that far off the road without rolling it?
Originally Posted by Andy_K
How do you even get a truck that far off the road without rolling it?
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Originally Posted by JacobLee
Ha! I noticed that same truck in August. How does something like that sit there for so long?
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Originally Posted by obrentharris
Tomales Bay and Beyond.
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And on a most wonderful steed, glad you're back at it.
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Point Reyes National Seashore this morning.
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1982 Miyata 912 along my most basic Seattle loop (Greenwood->N. Lake Union ->UW->Ravenna->Green Lake)
Beautiful day!
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31 mile jaunt on the new and newly built 84 Raleigh Gran Tour. Frame was new in the box with full provenance.
Pretty rare sports tourer, 120 OLD rear, combination of 531 and 531c.
Built with a somewhat eclectic friction shifted 8 speed wide range double Shimano-based group. Rear hub is a narrowed DA7700.
Shifts & brakes flawlessly, such a smoooooth ride. My first Raleigh!
Pretty rare sports tourer, 120 OLD rear, combination of 531 and 531c.
Built with a somewhat eclectic friction shifted 8 speed wide range double Shimano-based group. Rear hub is a narrowed DA7700.
Shifts & brakes flawlessly, such a smoooooth ride. My first Raleigh!
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Led my usual Sunday morning group to breakfast at a local eatery. 26.2 mile round trip. Mid 30s on the outbound leg, but T-shirt weather for the final miles. And I was forced to purchase large quantities of highly addictive controlled substances from a neighborhood pusher on the return leg. 
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My regular Sunday ride partner @Andy_K called in sick, so I decided to pull out one of my summer bikes on a dry, sunny, chilly day.
Berry bushes growing in the background
Berry bushes growing in the background
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Originally Posted by gugie
My regular Sunday ride partner @Andy_K called in sick, so I decided to pull out one of my summer bikes on a dry, sunny, chilly day.
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Originally Posted by gugie
My regular Sunday ride partner @Andy_K called in sick, so I decided to pull out one of my summer bikes on a dry, sunny, chilly day.
Berry bushes growing in the background
Berry bushes growing in the background
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Originally Posted by nlerner
You really tempt the gods riding fenderless in Portland in late January.
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Frigg'n cold outside yesterday but sunny.
Rode out n back to Duvall on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail for lunch.
An easy spin on gravel with no worries of slipping on ice...
2 Duvall 4 Lunch by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
2 Duvall 4 Lunch by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Rode out n back to Duvall on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail for lunch.
An easy spin on gravel with no worries of slipping on ice...
2 Duvall 4 Lunch by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr2 Duvall 4 Lunch by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
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Originally Posted by rccardr
My first Raleigh!
Beautiful, very nice, glad you finally got onboard.
01-30-23, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rccardr
31 mile jaunt on the new and newly built 84 Raleigh Gran Tour. Frame was new in the box with full provenance.
Pretty rare sports tourer, 120 OLD rear, combination of 531 and 531c.
Built with a somewhat eclectic friction shifted 8 speed wide range double Shimano-based group. Rear hub is a narrowed DA7700.
Shifts & brakes flawlessly, such a smoooooth ride. My first Raleigh!
Pretty rare sports tourer, 120 OLD rear, combination of 531 and 531c.
Built with a somewhat eclectic friction shifted 8 speed wide range double Shimano-based group. Rear hub is a narrowed DA7700.
Shifts & brakes flawlessly, such a smoooooth ride. My first Raleigh!
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It's cyclocross season, right?
I wasn't planning to get muddy when I started. There's a short dirt path, a little over a mile long, connecting a couple of my regular routes. The forecast called for a chance of afternoon showers. I thought I'd hit the path before the rains came, but either the rains came early in this part of town, or the path still hadn't dried out from the rains over a week ago. In any case, I picked my lines carefully and plowed through.
I wasn't planning to get muddy when I started. There's a short dirt path, a little over a mile long, connecting a couple of my regular routes. The forecast called for a chance of afternoon showers. I thought I'd hit the path before the rains came, but either the rains came early in this part of town, or the path still hadn't dried out from the rains over a week ago. In any case, I picked my lines carefully and plowed through.
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