For the most part the weather gods played nice this weekend. Last week’s snow covered trails at Stub Stewart where a mixed bag of snow and mud this weekend. The parking lot was pretty full by the time I arrived around 1pm. Looked like people were mostly hitting up the disc golf course from what…
Category: Rides
Because I Can
I quite often hear the words “Why do you need so many bikes?” or something very similar to that. I usually answer with something along the lines of “each one has a specific use”. Hypothetically if I had to keep just one bike it would be my Independent Fabrications – Crown Jewel. I personally consider…
Return to Deschutes River Trail
I last rode the Lower Deschutes River Trail with Dean back in October of 2016. I wanted to head back and check it out because of the huge wildfire out there this summer. Based on other pictures that I had seen online the old railroad cars and farmhouse were completely destroyed which is a HUGE…
What is Normal?
I’ve almost forgotten what a “normal” schedule is for Mia and I. We sold our townhouse on August 30th and moved out to a temporary rental on September first. Going from almost 1,600 sq ft to a rental of 770 sq ft was tough, add to that our new house was delayed for 6 weeks. …
Kick Butt Weekend
Last year I convinced three friends to race the Oregon 24 Hr Mountain Bike Race. However a forest fire pushed the race out a few weeks into October and pretty much all of us had conflicts. Mike Ripley (the race director) allowed teams to move their registration to the 2018 event if you couldn’t make…
Suffering Alone (AKA Solo Rides)
What happens when you try to get a group ride together and nobody shows up? First you ponder (albeit briefly) if anyone likes you, then you continue on your merry way and have a fun ride. I emailed a bunch of friends to see who wanted to do the Barlow-Bonney-Bennet Loop (I call it the…
ON & OFF RHODES 