Rides
Route | Date | Miles | Bike | Buddies | Notes |
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McKay Road | 15 | Ravn | Nelson | Up and down through Ochoco national forest. |
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Around Sutton Mountain | 28 | Ravn | Nelson | Fantastic ride from Mitchell to Priest Hole. The descent through Girds Creek canyon was spectacular. |
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Painted Hills | 22 | Ravn | Nelson | Priest Hole to Mitchell Very nice. |
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Round Lake - Metolius Preserve | 30 | Ravn | CSGC 23 | I did not make it up to Round Lake. 2/3 up then back down to ride single track in the preserve. |
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Green Ridge | 20 | Ravn | CSGC 23 | Hard ride. Harder drive. Great views. |
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Metolius River | 15 | Ravn | Nelson, Rick, Dan | Out and back to the lemonade stand. Rocky road. |
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Garden | 15 | Soma Saga | A couple of trips to the garden and around. |
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Sauerkraut | 21 | Ravn | Gravel riders | Nice day. Strong north wind but it was at our backs more than in our face. |
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Imagine | 20 | Grando | Melo Velos | I led the first Melo Velo ride of the summer. Nice day |
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Garden | 16 | Soma Saga | Several trips to garden and around. |
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Imagine | 24 | Grando | Tuesday group | Cold morning. Took awhile to warm up. |
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Home from Bellfountain Park | 30 | Ravn | Bailed on the Sunday gravel ride and rode home through Finley on Bruce Road. Then 99w into a headwind. |
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Home from Bellfountain Park | 30 | Ravn | Got a ride with Nelson to the start, but I couldn't keep up so decided to ride home instead. |
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Albany | 40 | Grando | Tenners | Perfect day in May. A little windy at the end. Extra climbing on Scenic |
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Eagle Creek to Viento Trailhead | 35 | Grando | Jeff |
Fabulous ride. Sunny and cool to start but warmed up right away. Big climb on Wyeth road. Then newer bike trail and three waterfalls. |
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Eagle Creek to Bridal Vail Falls | 32 | Grando | Started out cool and cloudy but the sun came out and it warmed up nicely. |
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Eagle Creek to Cascade Locks and beyond | 15 | Grando | Larry and Gwen | Gorge Campout day 1. Back to normal cool spring. |
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Midge Cramer Ride | 37 | Grando | Tenners plus | Gorgeous day marred by a crash. Rann and Doreen had a front blowout on the Tandem and went down hard at high speed. |
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Town and event | 16 | Soma Saga | Active transportation event at OSU |
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Stub Stewart SP to Vernonia and back | 21 | Ravn | Linda | Warmer today. Great lunch in Vernonia. |
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Stub Stewart to Banks and back | 21 | Ravn | Linda | Camped at SS SP. |
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Willamette Mission to home | 51 | Soma Saga | Spring Overnight 2023 | I struggled with the heat. Just not ready for 90. Great ride though. New bike bridge into Salem. |
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Willamette Mission SP | 57 | Soma Saga | Spring Overnight 2023 | Very hot. Strong headwinds. Great lunch by Jean. Wonderful. |
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Around town | 14 | Soma Saga | Test ride after new wheel, cassette, chain and brake pads. Shiny. |
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Around Portland | 18 | Grando | Nice day to ride up and down the river side, across some bridges, and then across town to Adinah’s house. |
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Philomath - Southtown | 32 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Cool to start, sunny and warm by the afternoon. Hot weather coming. |
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Peoria bakery | 46 | Grando | Tenners | Rain held off but the wind picked up. Warm enough. |
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Valley of the Giants | 25 | Ravn | MVBC Gravel riders | Great ride, but too punishing for me. |
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Jefferson | 55 | Grando | Tenners | The perfect day! Mid 70’s, light wind. |
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Big Creek | 22 | Ravn | Camped at Washburn in RV. Warm and sunny inland. |
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Imagine | 30 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Sunny and warm! Extra ride our Riverside to Liz’s house. |
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Tweed ride | 16 | Armstrong | Tweed riders | Cooler than yesterday and a little windy, but dry. Good turnout. |
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Bellfountain Park | 48 | Grando | Tenners | Finally a spring day. 65 degrees with a little sun and not much wind. |
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Decker | 38 | Grando | Tenners | Nice day. Decker was hard. I’m really out of shape. |
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Around town | 20 | Soma Saga | A little warmer and dry. |
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Imagine | 15 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | It was supposed to stop raining but it didn’t until I got home. |
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Thompson Mills | 50 | Grando | Tenners | Switched to kilometers for my birthday ride. Nice enough day in that it didn’t rain. |
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Philomath | 22 | Grando | Waited until 2:00 for the rain to stop. Then there was a little sun, but also some wind. |
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Imagine | 20 | Soma Saga | Tuesday group | Cold and drizzle. Not enough to get ready wet, but sunshine sure would be better. |
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DeArmond gravel loop | 36 | Ravn | Dry but cloudy and not quite warm enough. |