Ritchey 650b – ON & OFF RHODES

McKenzie River Trail

Yeah, this one has been a long time coming. Mia and I have lived out here over 4 years now and I had yet to ride the famous McKenzie River Trail (MRT). It was time to remedy that situation. It’s only 2.5 hours from home too. Heck, anyone who spends any sort of time riding…

Waldo Lake Weekend

Mia and I have lived in Oregon for a bit over 4 years now. We have done some of the PNW classic mountain bike rides and hikes in that time, but there are still quite a few that need to be explored. Back in March I reserved a campsite for August up at North Waldo…

Tinkering

For the first time in a few weeks I felt like this weekend was fairly open. We didn’t need to be anywhere for anything at any specific time, so I took advantage of that as much as possible. Dean and I got in an early ride on Saturday. He was on the road to my…

A Winter Project

I’ve finally given up on the idea of a 29er, more specifically my Cannondale F29. It is a great bike, but I was just tired of playing around with the fit and what I saw as the limitations of being a short guy on a 29er. I totally dig the lefty forks and still have…