Bike riding blog posts
A club touring trip organized by Phil Gagnon. We meet up at Central Point. Phil and I both rode from Ashland (separately).
Front to back - Phil, Chris, George, Leslie
We took Agate Road to Nick Young Road stopped at this Vinyard but did not taste any wine.
Every year we ride the Evans Creek loop and pass this sign. We always debate whether or not it turns to gravel. We've been searching for a route between the Rogue and Umpqua valleys and wondered if this could be it. So this year we parked at the sign and found out.
First time up Greensprings on the Trucker. I had a pretty good headwind all the way up which made it even harder. Nice day though, cool in the shade and warm in the sun. As you can see the lake was still partly frozen.
Out past the Table Rocks and then into Gold Hill. Here is a video I took with my iPhone mounted on the handlebar.
Out and back ride along the Applegate and Rogue Rivers. It was a cold winter day but the roads were dry and I had a great ride.
You can a slide show of them.
We always get a spell of decent weather in February, but not this nice. 55 - 65 all week, and without the strong winds we tend to get here. I got in several good rides including twice up Greensprings Summit and rides of 64 and 75 miles. I'm starting to feel like I'm getting close to being ready to ride everyday on a bike tour.
Linda shot this picture of this young Bull Elk grazing on our recent trip to the Redwoods.
Andy said he was thinking about an overnight ride, camping for one night. We thought about Stewart park but it was a little too far and most of the other options were at too high elevation for this time of year. So we opted for Valley of the Rogue Park between Gold Hill and Rogue River.
It was a decent day on Saturday though never got as warm as the forecast said. We had a good escort most of the way.
I've been ready lot's of ride logs at Adventure Cycling and at Crazy Guy On A Bike. Getting plenty of inspiration for touring and getting some good tips. A good way to spend January. Getting out on the bike 3 days a week as well.