Pedalpalooza is all summer long! Here are the rides I’m leading

It's anniversary time for Pedalpalooza, Portland's annual summertime bike fun fest. Starting in 2002 as the all August long BikeSummer, it morphed into the first two or so weeks of June Pedalpalooza, then the all-June Pedalpalooza. Pandemic in 2020 put a crimp on the "actual led rides" version, but last year it returned as an...

Reminder: Stark St. Mileposts ride is this Saturday

Hey folks! There are still spots available for this Stark Street Mileposts Ride this Saturday, May 7. The weather looks iffy, but hopefully it'll be good enough for a spin! Sometime in the middle 19th century, stone mile markers were placed along the length of what became SE Stark St. From the Willamette to the...

Tracking the miles: Update

Secret path near Powell Butte. 23 April 2022. Camera: Olympus XA2/Film: Fuji C200 Three months ago I mentioned how I was logging every ride I did this year into a pocket Rhodia A7 notebook. While I don't like to be overly anal about how much I ride, I knew that I wanted to "ride more"...

A coffee outside and post ramble, plus vanishing places. 23 April 2022

Southwest Community Park, 23 April 2022. Olympus 35RD, Kodak TMAX 400, developed with Ilfosil 3, 1:9 solution at 6:20 in a Rondinax 35U tank I'm really happy that PDX Coffee Outside has moved from the "weekday morning at 7 am" template that many of these types of events have, instead landing on Saturdays at 9...

Finding Kingsley D. Bundy, finally

Secret trails in Reed Canyon just west of SE Cesar Chavez Blvd, 10 Mar 2022. Minolta Freedom Zoom 160/Fuji Superia Xtra 400 One of the things I love to do is explore this place I call home. Over the past twenty-odd years I've spent a lot of my free time on a bike or transit,...

Whitaker Pond Ramble, 7 March 2022

Whitaker Ponds Natural Area is a place that I've known about for a long time, and would occasionally pass on a bike ride. It's a small natural area consisting of two ponds adjacent to the Columbia Slough, a bit of wild that remained while industry grew around it. Even though I love spots like this,...

Stark Street Mileposts Ride, Sat 7 May

Hello folks! I cancelled this one the last time, but early May should be a good time to do this. Come along if you can! Sometime in the middle 19th century, stone mile markers were placed along the length of what became SE Stark St. From the Willamette to the Sandy River, these milestones helped...

Ride Report: Old Library Branches Ride, Sat 26 Feb 2022

After the COVID-imposed drought of rides, I've been fairly eager to lead rides again. But most of the rides that I've led since June of 2021 have been repeats: rides I've led in the past. The only exception was the Train History to St. Johns Ride, but I co-led that with Dan Haneckow, who did...