“Getting it right” or moving on?

Foster Floodplain, 23 Oct 2022 Camera: Ricohflex Dia (Diacord) Film: Kodak Portra 800 It's been just about six months since Emee and I went to the Midwest to participate in this year's Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour. It was a lot of fun, as always. Despite telling myself that this would be the only one...

Pedalpalooza 2021: The low-down

Spotted on South Waterfront, 12 June 2021. Minolta Hi-Matic 7s/Silberra 100 Hello, folks. Pedalpalooza, Portland's annual Bike-Fun Celebration, is back! After COVID drastically altered it last year, we are now back to group rides, but with precautions, like masking up. And this year it's June, July, and August vs. just the month of June. As...

A Three Speed Ride to Willamette Falls, 11 April 2021

Camera: Minolta SR-T 101. Lens: MC Rokkor PG 50mm f/1.4 Film: Kodak Ektar 100 Sunday April 11 was the beginning of a full-on "pseudo-summer" week in Portland. Temperatures would hit the mid-70s F (23-25C) by weeks end. This Sunday was pleasant but cooler at 60F/16C. Still, a great day to ride! Right about now is...

Current rides and events status report

Hello friends. During this global pandemic, I feel that I should be on the safe side when it comes to the events I lead. Here is a quick update regarding the things I was planning: Tweed Ride, Saturday April 4: This ride has been CANCELLED. We hope to come back in summer with a bigger...

Pedalpalooza 2019: All my rides

Pedalpalooza is Portland’s month long bike festival, which happens all of June. As always, there’s things I do every Pedalpalooza, and new stuff. I've spent the last couple weeks hammering out my Pedalpalooza ride details. Yeeps, I'm leading or co-leading ten different events! Every year, I tell myself I'm going to scale back. But thankfully...

Impending Spring

It was inevitable: After a too long February, the first tastes of spring have appeared. And not a moment too soon, as the colder than normal weather plus the off and on snow (that didn't do anything) was wearing me down. On Sunday March 10th, Steve M and I took a long bike ride on...

Pedalpalooza 2018: My Rides Wrap-up

Yes, June is over, and that means the close of another Pedalpalooza. I always end up leading a bunch of rides--too many, according to some. This year I was no slouch in leading rides, and didn't feel the "burn out" as most (most) of the events went well. So, what happened? Tuesday June 12, Bike...

Pedalpalooza is coming! Here’s all the planned Urban Adventure League/Society of Three Speeds rides/events for June 2018.

Deadlines, deadlines. The Pedalpalooza print calendar deadline (in)conveniently occurs while I am out of town. So I've spent the last week or two trying to sort it all out! And finally by 10 AM on the Sunday when myself and Emee board the Empire Builder eastward to St. Paul, sorted I am! It's a good...