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Weekly Commute

Date
June-23-2011
Miles
46
Bike
Alez

4 days. Getting warmer but some serious wind in the afternoon. Sick day Friday. Missing the MLC again.

Decker Rd

Date
June-19-2011
Miles
32
Bike
Giant OCR2

Corvallis Hwy 99 Llewelen. Peterson Decker Hwy 34. Met up with John, Ed, and Kieth.

Weekly Commute

Date
June-17-2011
Miles
80
Bike
Alez

Getting in some longer rides home with the improving weather. Hit a pothole, 2 pinch flats and no good tubes. Saved by the college bike shop.

Decker Road Mary's Peak

Date
June-11-2011
Miles
50
Bike
Giant OCR2

Out 34 then back. Then Bellfountain to Decker and back to 34. Then up to Alsea Summit and just 2.5 mi up Mary's.

Weekly Commute

Date
June-10-2011
Miles
75
Bike
Alez

Actually 6 days. Still cool. Doing ok on the Allez.

Corvallis

Date
June-04-2011
Miles
26
Bike
Alez

Around town putting up posters for my stolen Trucker. Using the Allez as my town bike now.

Weekly Commute

Date
June-03-2011
Miles
30
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

The Trucker was stolen.

Weekly Commutekly

Date
May-26-2011
Miles
48
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

4 Days this week. Cooler with some rain.

Weekly Commute

Date
May-21-2011
Miles
63
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Ride your bike to work week and I did

Corvallis

Date
May-15-2011
Miles
17
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Shopping and looking at houses

Waterloo

Date
May-14-2011
Miles
76
Bike
Giant OCR2

Across the valley and over a ridge to the Santiam Valley. Out through Shedd, back through Lebanon and Tangent. Cool and breezy.

Weekly Commute

Date
May-13-2011
Miles
74
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Another dry week. Sunny and warm Thus & Fri after work. Did some longer rides.

Corvallis

Date
May-08-2011
Miles
35
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Around town, shopping, and looking at houses

Weekly Commute

Date
May-06-2011
Miles
70
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

From 70 degrees on Tuesday to rain on Friday. Mostly a great week of commuting.

Harrisburg

Date
May-01-2011
Miles
62
Bike
Giant OCR2

South to Bellfountain the East - cross 99W to Old River Road which becomes Noration to 99E - cross the Willamette into Harrisburg. Back Peoria Road. Nice day. Sunny and around 60.

Kings Valley

Date
April-30-2011
Miles
50
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Hwy 20 to Wren, north past Hoskins to Kings Valley. East/Northeast on Maxfield Creek rd. East on Airlie rd. across 99w to Sauver rd South on Independence hwy, Pettibone, hwy 99w into town. Some sprinkles, some sun. Not warm but not bad.

Weekly Commute

Date
April-29-2011
Miles
61
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Another mostly dry week, except for a good rain on Friday morning. Tough head winds coming home though.

Alsea

Date
April-23-2011
Miles
56
Bike
Giant OCR2

Out 34. Summit and Mary's Peak road at 11 miles. Alsea at 20. S. Fork road back up to Alsea Falls. More climbing and the down to Alpine. Back on Bellfountain. Met Joe, John, and Maria.

Weekly Commute

Date
April-22-2011
Miles
72
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Lots of sunshine. Started bringing riding clothes for the ride home. Tough headwind a couple of days. Perfect on Friday.

Decker Road

Date
April-17-2011
Miles
24
Bike
Giant OCR2

Out 34. Back on Bellfountain. Dry the whole way!

Corvallis

Date
April-17-2011
Miles
21
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Second ride of the day. It kept getting nicer. Another flat though, in the back. And the tube I put in had a slow leak so I had to keep pumping it up. Did a loop though Willamette park and then went shopping.

McDonald Woods - Indepenhendence Hwy

Date
April-16-2011
Miles
37
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Started out misty. The dry all through the wood to Lewisburg Rd. - Granger to Hwy 20 left on Independence Hwy, some other road back to 99. By then it was raining pretty good.

Weekly Commute

Date
April-15-2011
Miles
61
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Rain finally caught up with me back to rain gear Thurs and Fri

Weekly Commute

Date
April-08-2011
Miles
60
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Actually 4 days of commuting and one day riding around with Linda. Missed all the rain this week. It rained alot, just not when I was out riding.

Monmouth

Date
April-03-2011
Miles
63
Bike
Giant OCR2

Followed the MVBC route. Some sun but mostly cold. Lot's of hills. Threw in a couple of extra hills on the way back. Got exactly the right miles for my BD ride.

Corvallis

Date
April-02-2011
Miles
18
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Shopping and around town. Windy. Got caught in a shower

Weekly Commute

Date
March-31-2011
Miles
42
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Just 3 days this week. Getting warmer. Will need to shower on campus soon. Recoding this as March although Friday was April 1.

Weekly commute

Date
March-28-2011
Miles
50
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Short week. Ride home can be lovely when it's not raining.

Toothpick

Date
March-26-2011
Miles
10
Bike
Rock Hopper
Buddies
Dan, Paul

Asland visit. Muddy trails. Nice woods.

Bald Hill, West Hills, and SOuth Hills

Date
March-20-2011
Miles
20
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Gravel single track to the top of Bald Hill. Great views. Then West Hills, Western to Brookdale, to Nash to 53rd to Bellfountain to Chapel to 19th to home. Light rain.

Weekly Commute +

Date
March-19-2011
Miles
70
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Some heavy rain this week and a few dry rides. Short ride to GT farm on Saturday.

Corvallis

Date
March-13-2011
Miles
13
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Shopping trip. Got caught in a squall coming home. 40 MPH wind and rain.

Hwy 34

Date
March-12-2011
Miles
10
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Road out to look at a place Linda likes.

Bike Path to Corvallis

Date
March-06-2011
Miles
12
Bike
Long Haul Trucker
Buddies
Linda

Took Linda for her first ride in Corvallis.

McDonald Forest

Date
March-05-2011
Miles
20
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Tried out my new tires on the gravel roads. Worked great. Steady climb for 3.5 miles getting steeper as it went. Great views from Dimple Hill at 1478 feet.

Weekly Commute

Date
March-04-2011
Miles
67
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

A wet week. 3 very wet rides. 2 not so bad. A couple just misty, and some with no rain at all. Didn't miss a day.

Corvallis

Date
February-26-2011
Miles
20
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Cold. Took Bellfountain to Airpot to 99 to Coop. Back Plymouth Chapel.

Weekly Commute

Date
February-25-2011
Miles
38
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

Rode the bus 2 days due to snow and ice. Still very cold.

Weekly Commute

Date
February-18-2011
Miles
49
Bike
Long Haul Trucker

4 days. It looked like the roads would be icy on Thursday so I took the bus. Rain Monday and Tuesday.