Rides

Easy cruise around town. Warmer today. 

Back home trying to keep the momentum going from Loop Tour. 

A cool overcast morning for the ride home. Best Loop Tour yet. 

Another gorgeous ride. Two tough climbs and a couple of other hard climbs. Ocbow and Wolf Creek. 

Absolutely gorgeous ride. The Smith River valley is less populated than the Yachats valley and almost as beautiful. 

Layover day. Cool and breezy. 

Easy day along the Umpqua. Got to see a lot of elk. 

Today was the big day. Big miles and 4000’ of climbing. I felt great. Super low gears let me climb even the 15+% grades, very slowly. But I never had to get off and push. 

Some hard climbs and endless hills. Cool in the morning but almost hot by afternoon. 

Cool overcast day. Great route. Mostly tailwinds. 

Day 1 - Warm with tailwinds on familiar flat roads. Lunch in Coberg. 

Riding super slow and easy as I want to be well rested for Loop Tour on Saturday 

Hot morning. Slow ride. 

10 people showed up for the ride to Philomath. Got hot on the way back. 

Met up at Hiatt and did Decker. Then John and I went back over Ervin. 
Pushed hard on Decker. Felt good. Still considering Ravn for LT. Took it easy over Ervin. Got really tired before I got home. 

It's official, I'm taking Grando on Loop Tour. It is just so much more responsive than my other bikes. Climbs well, and with weight on the front I get no shimmy on the fast descents.

From south beach to Hatfield center to catch the bus, then home. 

Slept in and had a leisurely ride into Yachats, where I ran into Bruce H and his wife at the Green Salmon. Then back north into the wind which got progressively stronger. I was stopping a lot until I realized I had to get back to the WiFi at South Beach for a 4:00 meeting. Just made it in time. 

Rode with some folks I met at South Beach. They continued south. Cooler and a bit foggy, but better than 98 in the valley. 

Some of the gals came over to join me for a ride. Very nice. Was getting hot the farther inland we got, but then cooled off nicely as we got back to the coast. 

Escaping the valley heat. Strong headwind made it a tough but refreshing ride. 

Annual Fourth of July climb up Mary’s Peak. I did the road ride and parked on 34 at the bottom of the hill. 
I did good. Very slow but never struggled. Perfect day. Just cool enough on the climb and warm enough on the downhill. Hot in town though. 

Nice warm day. Big turnout. 

Went down to meet LT1 riders as they were coming in. 

Another good turnout. Warm day, almost hot. Wild headwinds the last few miles. 

Made it to Hiatt just as a very large group was leaving. Stayed long enough for other club members to show up. 
Did Decker solo but ran into Bruce H and rode back to town with him. 

I’ve been trying to get more climbing in to prepare for Loop Tour and to figure out which bike to take. Last week I did Lewisburg Saddle on the Saga and it was very slow and hard. Yesterday I did it on the Ravn and it was much better. I still have to do it on the Grando, and then the Saga again to know for sure. 

Back Soap Creek - Tampico - Wiles - Military - Robison - 99 - Coffin Butte - Old Adair base - Adair - Ryals - Independence - Pettibone -  Lewisburg - Highland 

Cool and misty. 

With a smaller Tuesday group to Imagine, then with John and Lloyd to Philomath, then solo on a longer loop. Sunny and almost hot. 

From Schwarz campground. Cooler today. 

To Wildwood Falls. Warm and sunny. 
Camping at Schwartz campground in the Rialta. 
 

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Over  Lewisburg Saddle and Berry Creek. Back De Armond and Wiles. 
First day of summer didn’t disappoint. Sunny and warm. 

New ride. Good turn out. Cool day with a few showers, and a lot wind. 

Still cool but nice. Got out early to meet the even earlier group at Hiatt. No one wanted to do Decker with me. 

Picked up my new hearing aids, had lunch, rode around a bit.

Cooler day. Good turnout. Feeling tired. 

CSGC Day 4

Did the rocky road 3 miles past the lemonade stand. Nelson went on around the horn exploring. 

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CSGC Day 3

Solo ride. Lower Black Butte trails to Indian Ford and wonderful single track to Sisters. Had lunch, a shower, and rode back. 

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CSGC Day 2

First with Jean to Suttle Lake and back to Camp Sherman. Then met the main crew on Suttle tie trail and rode with them on some of the Black Butte trails. 

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CSGC Day 1

Exploring around Camp Sherman, plus over to Jean’s cabin. 

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Cool and very windy. Good time at Imagine