Category: Rides
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FOUR Mountain View From West Hills Challenge #5
Last year on Aug 1st I was just riding back into Oregon. Today I finished the first climbs of the West Hills Challenge Series of Five Hill Climbs where I currently reside at 32 of 35 and the last male on this hill. Of the Strava riders doing the hill I am 52 of 60. …
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West Hills Challenge 2011: The Beautiful Climb
The really fun part of today was that this was an absolutely beautiful hill to climb. Vistas, houses, trees, fun switchbacks, it had it all.
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West Hills Challenge #3, Almost the Red Lantern, Still Faster Than a Chicken
I am not currently the Red Lantern for this group although I don’t worry if I am.
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Ride #2 West Hills Challenge 2011
I finally figured out how to add myself to the Strava West Hills Challenge 2011. From the Peloton: today’s excuse is that I haven’t ridden a bike in a week and haven’t trained all summer.
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Ride #1 West Hills Challenge 2011
This morning I rode the first of the five West Hills Challenge Rides for 2011, a Category 2 climb. Why? I was already going to do the last climb up from the level Hwy 30 because in addition to the climb I get the ups and downs of Skyline Blvd on the way home. I…
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West Hills Challenge 2011
This from Portland Velo: West Hills Challenge 2011 Upper Echelon is happy to announce The West Hills Challenge 2011. This is a an event using Strava.com to record times for climbing the popular training routes in the West hills of Portland. The competition is now open and the climbs must be completed before the end of…
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3D FlyOver of My Ride Today
I finally used my smartphone to record a ride, the biggest problem was carrying the phone somewhere on the bike, a problem solved by my Arkel Handlebar bag being mounted again for adventuring this summer. So courtesy of iMapMyRIDE, where today’s ride is stored, you can fly down the map route in 3D. Although it…