Pedalpalooza 2023 Events and Rides UPDATED

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...

Two Pedalpalooza camping trips added: Midweek Gorge, 14-15 June, and Oxbow Overnighter, 13-14 July 2023

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...

Pedalpalooza Preview 2023

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...

A look back at my 2022 touring season

The Bantam at Crown Point, during the Midweek Gorge group camping trip, 15 Oct 2022. Camera: Ricohflex Dia Film: Kodak Gold 200 As the first real rains of autumn hit the Northwest, and the chances of getting "one last camping trip in" diminish, now is a good time for me to look back and reflect...

Reminder: Midweek Gorge Ride is this Wednesday June 15. Spots still available!

Hey folks! We still have spots available for my Midweek Gorge Ride this Wednesday, June 15th! This is a no-drop ride to explore the beauty of the nearby Columbia River Gorge. There are a few different options for length of ride, anywhere from 25 to 40 miles round-trip. Please note that I only lead the...

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

Editors Note, 8 July 2022: This blog post will not be updated if events are added, removed, or changed. Go to my Pedalpalooza page here for the most up-to-date info. 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...

Champoeg post-report: A de-briefing on my first (tent) bike camping trip of 2022

St. Louis Church, 7 April 2022. Olympus 35 RD/Kodak TMAX 400 My first tent bike camping trip of 2022, to Champoeg State Park, happened just about two weeks ago. (My first bike overnight was in February with Emee to Stub.) Even after bike camping and touring for the better part of two decades, the first...

Bike Overnight: Champoeg (and the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway) 6-7 April 2022

The gate(s) of Champoeg, 7 April 2022. Olympus 35 RD/Kodak TMAX 400 After the trip to Stub Stewart with Emee to Stub Stewart in February, I was jonesin' for another trip, this time with a tent. While there were good bouts of weather in March, I was occupied with other things when they hit. So...