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Category: Rides

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    Rails to Trails MTB track along Klickitat river. @petebikes suggested that the Salsa Woodsmoke could be overbike; however, I wanted to test frame bag and a few extras. The quad lock slips, but is manageable…the second feedbag is finally useful although I really have to think “Not-for-Nalgene”…the Revelate Tank bag requires constant watching as comes…

  • Pleased I started, super happy to make the final turn to my porch steps.

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    I noticed that Western Bike Works has a Sunday ride called Rock Creek Roll Call and thought last Sunday that it would be a decent ride to get me back in the saddle. I knew that after a month off the bike due to illness I really didn’t have the legs or stamina to pull…

  • Ride Celebration – Falls Creek Hike/Bike

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    I rode in the area of the Falls Creek Trail (and Ice Caves) It was a couple of weeks ago, but I was stiff the day after it. The thing I noticed most was that I totally ran out of water and food. Still learning about Mountain Biking and the calorie count. This affected me…

  • Ride Celebration – Newberry Caldera / Crater Rim Trail

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    I tried Ride Reports, but it is too stuffy. I rode the Crater Rim Trail: Trailforks, Bend Trails Relive ‘Newberry Caldera Loop’ I am a bit stiff tonight, a day after the ride. When you link sections together, and anticipate hills, the trail becomes so much more than the section you are on, it is…

  • Ride Report: Stoller Family Estate

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    So much has happened in the last month on the biking front for me. I am out there and enjoying biking and have two new bikes and have retired THE bike. I haven’t posted much … no worries about the past, let me just plunge into this… Ride Report, yesterday, the expected thunderstorms arrived at…

  • Ride Report

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    An old ride report from a month ago, April 20th. I realized groups never quite go when I can and I needed to just get out and try the bike rack. Mentioned my thinking around, found someone for weekend adventures, so maybe it was a small group? 🙂 Or I am thinking #AdventureBuddies…working on thinking…

  • Online Portland Citywide Bike Map hits Beta

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    PBOT came up with an online version of the Portland Citywide Bike Map.  Still a “beta”.  But hey.