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Hello all! Tonight is the first Sunset/Moonrise Ride of 2023! The weather is supposed to be great, sunny with a high of 77F/25C and a low of 50F/10C. But remember that when the sun goes down, the temperature drops. Plus, it's supposed to be breezy, so DON'T FORGET YOUR LAYER! Did you know that on... Continue Reading →
Bridge over Hall Creek in A.M. Kennedy Park, Beaverton, 22 May 2023. Olympus XA/Fuji C200 I've lived in Portland for twenty-two years, and it's taken me a long time to warm up to the west side suburbs. I didn't regularly interact with them until 2005, four years in, when I had a crappy holiday phone... Continue Reading →
Hey folks. I've gone ahead and added one more event to the list of Pedalpalooza rides and events I'm doing: Another Bike Touring Workshop slated for the evening of Thursday July 6th. That's when the Societe des Rambleneurs ride was supposed to happen, now that's been bumped to Sunday July 30th. So now I'm doing... Continue Reading →
Hey folks! I previously mentioned all the rides I'm doing during Pedalpalooza 2023, which is all of summer (June through August), plus I shared my summer schedule for the Sunset/Moonrise Ride series. Now it's time to share the two (yes, two!) camping rides I'm leading. They are all weekday ones, as I'm busy on a... Continue Reading →
As we hurtle towards longer, warmer, and drier days (here in Portland, at least), it’s time to bring back one of my favorite ride series: Sunset/Moonrise Rides! The concept is simple: we go to a mystery spot to watch the sun set and moon rise. These rides happen on the Full Moon, when sunset and... Continue Reading →
Pedalpalooza is Portland's all-summer (June, July, August) festival of bike fun, where hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of individual bike rides are led by people like you and me. I've been busy working on getting all my events on the calendar. Here's what I got so far. The full line up should be finalized in... Continue Reading →
Country bike ramblin': Against the fence on SE Martins St at 41st, Woodstock. 17 March 2023. Olympus XA/Fuji Superia 400 After a not-really that cold, but fairly wet winter, we got our first taste of spring in these parts. And it has been much appreciated. You may wonder what exactly constitutes "spring-like" in these parts,... Continue Reading →
As we hurtle towards longer, warmer, and drier days (here in Portland, at least), it's time to bring back one of my favorite ride series: Sunset/Moonrise Rides! The concept is simple: we go to a mystery spot to watch the sun set and moon rise. These rides happen on the Full Moon, when sunset and... Continue Reading →
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