The weather forecast for Saturday was stellar. Turns out the weatherman was totally correct. I’ve been dying to go mountain biking for a few weeks now. I haven’t actually ridden my mountain bike since early June. Everything since then has been road bike (IF or Niner) or touring (Fargo) bike related. So needless to say…
Category: Rides
Scoggins Valley Road
Call it what you want, “gravel grinder”, dirt road ride, multi-surface exploring, I just call it a bike ride. If 2014 was the year of the fat bike, 2015 seems to be the year of the “gravel grinder” bike. Honestly I don’t like that term. I prefer anyroad, which has probably been trademarked by Giant,…
Smoky
So, Mia and I went out on a short ride yesterday. As we were getting ready it smelled faintly of smoke, kind of like your neighbor was having a bonfire or similar to the remnants of your campfire from the night before. It was a mild smoky odor. When we got outside we automatically assumed…
Nice Surprise
My brother is an airline pilot and sometimes ends up in the PNW when he is on-call. Usually it’s Seattle, and it’s usually on short notice. last time he was there was a couple months ago, but we were booked for the weekend and couldn’t make it up. Well on Thursday morning I got a…
Helvetia Tavern Loop
Mia and I signed up for the Crater Lake Rim Tour in late August, we’ve got almost 3 months to get ready for over 7,000′ of climbing in 60 miles. So today was a bit of a chance to do some shorter climbs and enjoy some nice local views. Helvetia Tavern is less than 5…
Bluberries and Clover
Nothing profound or life changing today. Mia and I just did a nice simple ride and enjoyed some comfortable temps and puffy clouds. Wicked psyched to see how far along the blueberries are. We should be picking about 2-3 weeks early this year from the looks of it. You can see the berries from the…
ON & OFF RHODES 