The folks over at Our Mother the Mountain (OMTM) sent word out for the first official “unofficial non-event” gravel ride of 2018, The Hell of the North Plains v3 loop was on tap. Pretty much the first half of this loop was the same last last year, but after we started the climb up Strassel…
Tag: gravel roads
Running Sucks!
While I was running home on Wednesday after work I felt a little twinge in my right calf and hamstring with less than 1/3 of a mile to go. I managed to make it home and stretched everything out. However during the evening and all day Thursday it felt like a slight strain and was…
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…
Hell of the North Plains
Coup up a bunch of Portland Metro area bike riders with snow and frigid temps for a week and they’ll come out in droves for a questionable route and weather forecast. The Hell of the North Plains ride was originally scheduled for last Saturday January 14th, but given the dumping of snow the ride was…
Velo Cult Gravel Ride
Caught wind of a gravel ride out of Gaston, OR mapped out by the folks at Velo Cult. After the on and off heavy rain on Saturday I was a little hesitant about how today would be. The weather turned out to be absolutely fabulous. Now, first things first. I’m not new to this biking…
Bennett to Barlow Loop
Some friends put together another gravel/mixed surface ride for this past Sunday starting out at the Bennett Sno Park near Mt. Hood Meadows. The word was that a mtn bike might be better for some of the sections, while at the very least 40c tires were the recommended tire size for cross/gravel bike. Out of…
ON & OFF RHODES 