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. …
Category: Rides
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…
While You Where Out…
Yup, it has been a little while since I last posted something. Generally I am one of those people who despises the excuse of being too busy. Every commercial nowadays is about how busy we all are and how this and that can make your life easier. I personally subscribe to the Laurens ten Dam…
Music to Soothe the Savage Beast
I was planning on sitting down and writing a bit about the Sisters Stampede and hiking twin lakes with Mia and Codi as Mia gets ready to run Mary’s Peak Trail Race. Both were fantastically fun and Mia and I both love Sisters (almost as much as Winthrop). But something amazing happened this week. Something…
Silver Star Prison Break 2018
After two aborted attempts earlier this year to get this ride up and running Brian Hart shot for a 3rd attempt scheduled for May 20th. The last two attempts were foiled by snowfall and impassable (on a bike) roads because of said snow. Well Brian nailed it this weekend. The weather was darn near perfect and…
ON & OFF RHODES 