Coffeeneuring 2016, Ride 6: Fri 4 Nov, or #pdxcoffeeoutside again

We're nearing the home stretch of Coffeeneuring! Just a few more rides to do before I "win" and get my patch! Well, the dudes behind #pdxcoffeeoutside put out the notice on Thursday November 3 that they would be at the "Dog Bowl" at 7 am on Friday morning. The Dog Bowl is the most popular...

Coffeeneuring Ride 5, 2 Nov 2016: Pulling out the Heavy Duti

Man, the Coffeeneuring challenge is slipping  away! Time to catch up and get in something this week! One of my "personal challenges" in the Coffeeneuring challenge is to ride each one of my rideable bikes at least once through the course of the challenge.* I've used both the Raleigh Superbe and Crested Butte, my two...

Coffeeneuring Ride 4: 21 Oct 2016, in which I join PDX Coffee Outside

It seems like a lot of cities have gotten into the weekly morning bikes and coffee thing. Whether it's the more refined East Coast deal of meeting up at a coffee shop, or the more western "let's brew our coffee outdoors", it's become a thing. And while we've done random morning coffee outsides here, there...

Coffeneuring 2016, Ride 3: 19 Oct 2016

Wednesday, October 19. A break in the crappy weather we've been getting all month, though the nicest of the weather happened in the morning. When I woke up, it was sunny. But it was my day off, so I didn't get going early enough to capture the sunniest part of the day. By the time...

Coffeeneuring Ride 2, 15 Oct 2016: Braving the “Ides of October” Storm

Saturday October 15, storm day. There was much talk that this storm passing over Cascadia, remnants of a typhoon, could be something like the fabled Columbus Day Storm of 1962. Unfortunately (or fortunately) that wasn't the case, as the storm was weaker than initially thought. Still, it was windy that day. The ride I originally...

Coffeeneuring Ride 1: Tuesday 11 October 2016

It's Coffeeneuring Challenge time again! And damn, missed the whole first official week! No worries, the rules say you can do two rides in a week. No better time to start then now! For my first ride, I decided to keep it simple yet classy. Nothing says "simple yet classy" in bicycle terms than a...