Rides

We left 15 minutes to early and had to take shelter from a rain shower. After that partly sunny and lovely. 

The Ravn was superb coming down Dan's Trail. 

Still recovering from last Sunday's brevet. 

2 or 3 rides worth. The Saga is still my main commuter, although I have been riding the Ravn a lot.

Recovery ride.

Killer ride. More later.

Short ride today, long ride tomorrow. Cold start but then really nice fall day. 

Mid month entry. Had to change the batteries on the odometer. Fall weather came with Fall.

Most tenners must still be starting at 9:00. First cool morning.Then warm but smoky. Really enjoying the Ravn.

Tale of two log trucks

North wind. 

First overnight on the Ravn. Highway 20 to Burnt Woods. New pavement with wide shoulder most of the way. Road to Harlan is also paved, then 2 miles of gravel to nice campground. 

Didn't have the strength to pedal up the steep parts. Lower gears are great but won't make up for weak engine. 

Ravn handles great on downhill gravel. Very stable. It was hot and motivation was low so I turned around at Harris Bridge. 

Out Bellfountain after road cleanup and back Fern. The Saga feel heavy and slow compared to the RAVN and Grando, but I was able to haul a very heavy load back from the garden with ease.

First gravel ride on the Ravn. Handed great. Nice to have low gears. Fun to descend in the drops. 

I got ahead of the group on the way home and then went off course to Soap Creek. Met Craig from the Santiam Spokes. 

Gorgeous cool clear day after weeks of heat and smoke. 

New bike bliss. 

Loaded her up to see how it felt. Then went to the garden and added a lot of weight. 

It was amazing how easy it was to put the rack and cages on. Both just went on with no modifications. However this is not the best setup for this bike. I need to get more weight in the front and less in the rear. I also really don't like the anything cages. So I need to get a low rider rak for the front and use panniers, and then maybe get by without the rear panniers. More likely go with all 4.

Reverse loop. First club ride with the Ravn. So far so good. Probably the best it's going to get. Once I start adding racks, fenders, etc. it probably won't feel this responsive.

First ride on the Ravn.

More summer commuting 

Tuesday group. Day after eclipse. 

Good showing at the start. Nice cool morning. After Shedd it was Brandy, Beth, Lyle, John and I. Nice route back but strong headwinds.

Got a ride to Albany and started with 5 others. Cool cloudy morning. After Scio they turned back and I continued on the 100 mile route to Lebanon. Then directly home instead of back to Albany. Gor hot in the afternoon. 

Beachside to Newport. Then bus to Corvallis, out to the garden and then home.

Still cool and wet in Waldport, but warmer and almost sunny in Newport.

From Beachside. Saw whales. Went up the valley. 

Hot summer days. 

Got out early enough but procrastinated before the climbing started. Then went slow the rest of the day. It never got too hot. Partly cloudy skies with haze and smoke. Went down Woods Creek.

Mid summer heat. 

Nice turnout. Beat the heat for the most part. Some wind coming back.

Regular Tuesday ride. About a dozen people. Very nice. 

Mini-Loop 2017 Day 4 - Waterloo to Corvallis. Cooler day and windy.

January opted to go with Grandma which was good because I was beat. Riding with the tag along bike is way harder then loaded panniers. Rode most of the way with Val and George.

We went off course and took River Drive. A lovely ride and only a mile or two longer. Got back on route in Lebanon.

Mini-Loop 2017 Day 3 - Sunnyside Park to Waterloo Park

Shorter ride by some big hills.

Linda came and bailed me out. I need some help with January.

Mini-Loop 2017 Day 2 - Brownsville to Sunnyside Park. Warmer day today.

We left early and rode all the way to Sweet Home by ourselves. January was stoked to realize she had ridden all the way to Sweet Home. We stopped at the supermarket and waited for others to catch up. Turned into early lunch in the shade.

Pretty hilly ride today. We had to walk some of it. January did great.

Lots more swimming.

My longest ever ride. Beautiful day. Banks-Vernonia Trail. Then Mist, Jewel, Elsie and back. 

Tenniners 

Garden. 

Day 15 - Day 9 ST1 - Fern Ridge to Alvadore to Junction City. 99E to Harrisburg and Peoria road to Corvallis.

Day 14 - Day 8 ST1 - Last night of camping. Cottage Grove to Loraine and then down Territorial.