There is something about gravel rides out of the Mosier/Hood River area. They are hard! It is a toss up between last years Gorge Ground Up and this weekend’s ride to tell which was harder. This weekend’s ride was a “non-event” put together by the folks over at Our Mother The Mountain. We ended up…
Category: Rides
Central Oregon Backcountry Explorer
The official name of this route created by The Swallows is the “Central Oregon Backcountry Explorer“. I’ve been calling it the Prineville Loop or Ochoco Loop. Back in December/January Dean and I started talking about doing the Oregon Outback in late April. Which then turned into follow the Outback route until Prineville then morph off…
A Tad Sporadic
So I’ve been a bit sporadic with posts lately. I’m sure my adoring fan (Hi Mom!) is the only one who has noticed. Mostly have to blame it on racing the fat bike category for the Oregon XC Series. I’m the one who normally takes all the pictures during our adventures so it’s a bit…
Keeping busy
Consistent crappy weather has not deterred us lately. We have had one or two actually nice days interspersed here and there. Luckily one of those nice days my first mountain bike race of the season, it was held in almost perfect weather. The record setting rains seem to have subsided and a more on and…
Silver Star Prison Break 2
For the second consecutive year I did the Silver Star Prison Break. This year it was Juston, Paul and myself headed out to Washougal, WA for the ride. Once again it was a pretty good turn out based on the number of cars in the parking lot. I have no idea what the official count…
Timber Logjam II
Saturday marked the second “event” by the Unpaved/OMTM guys. This one was the Timber Logjam and would cover a lot of territory familiar to me from my own personal rides. I’ve just never hooked it all together like this and I did get to learn some new roads too. Since the Hell of the North…
ON & OFF RHODES 