As I was walking across a timed crosswalk last night, something occurred to me. You see I was walking across 4 lanes of traffic, so probably about 80-90 feet of roadway. The crosswalk was timed at 30 seconds and it took me about 13 seconds to cross. Back in High School I ran the 100…
Category: Rides
Alternatives
My rides predominantly head north and/or west from our house. This quickly gets me into quiet(ish) back country roads and out towards the hillier terrain too. Sometimes though the wind is pretty strong, and living in the valley between the Coastal Range and Tualatin Moutains can make heading east or west (depending on the winds)…
Mountain Bike Hagg lake
Finally got around to mountain biking the 13 mile loop around Hagg lake today. It was a mix of leaves, pine needles, with frozen and soft ground. Anything that was in direct sunlight was super slick/tacky mud for like the top 1/4″ or so and it packed up wicked bad on the back wheel. I…
Plains of Abraham
Finally got to do one of the PNW epic rides yesterday with Juston Manville! We’ve been waiting for a weekend were we both have free time at the same time, plus good weather. Saturday was most certainly that day. After watching the finish of the Tour stage, we hit the road for the hour(ish) ride…
Timber to Vernonia Century
Trying to keep up with my “century a month” goal for May – October of this year. Finally got the chance to get in my June century this past weekend. A couple people at work with kept telling me about this “timber ride”, which is basically heading out towards the Tillamook State Forest, cutting over…
Finding Inspiration
So, this week was basically “mellow” by my standards. Did some recovering from last weekend’s race on Monday and Tuesday and then a couple good rides exploring the local area and some alternative commute options for riding home after work. Turns out I can turn my 9 mile commute into almost twice that (17ish) if…
ON & OFF RHODES 