Let’s start with the basic route description of the Gorge Ground up. 50.9 miles 6662ft elevation (6000ft occurs in 1st 30 miles) It’s that 6K’ in the 1st 30 miles that really sums it up. We averaged only 10 MPH, total time from start to end was just around 6 3/4 hours. That is the…
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Silver Star Prison Break
Let me first apologize for the cell phone pics. I forgot my point & shoot at home and was left with just my iPhone. Well anyways, I headed out towards Washougal with Juston, Dean and Mark to partake in the Silver Star Prison Break ride. The weather could not have been more perfect. Especially since…
A Bit Soggy Lately
So apparently we’ve broken a record for rainfall here in Oregon. I think the number being tossed around was 11+ inches of rain in the month of December so far. Because of this there has been quite a bit of flooding around the PDX area. Even some mudslides and a sinkhole too. It’s a bit…
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,…
Dixie Mountain Road
Forecast for today wasn’t looking too hot, so the plan was to get up and get out early for a 3ish hour ride to try and beat the rain. I got up, got out, but didn’t beat the rain. Still had a good ride though. I decided to head out to Dixie Mountain road. a…
ON & OFF RHODES 