bicycle adventures the bikes Handlebar Swaps 1984 Centurion Elite R/S 2000 Litespeed Tuscany 1998 Litespeed Classic 1976 Windsor Carrera Sport 2015 Fuji rebuild 2014 Ibis tandem project 2019 Ibis Rohloff conversion 2013 Rincon project the new tandem the tandem the fixed gear route descriptions trail descriptions 520 Bridge routes BNSF Eastside Corridor 2021 Lummi Island 2019 Corsica 2018 …
After our experience in Eastern Washington, Odette decided she needed to do some training rides. Here is the list of old favorites I gave her: Larimer 57 / 2400 Nile 50 / 2500 Lk Wash 52 / 2600 Cathcart (Maltby) 50 / 2700 Redmond Ridge 50 / 2800 May Valley 57 / 3000 Trilogy 58 / 3100 Cougar 49 …
From June 9 to June 14, 2025 Odette and Jerry rode out of Winthrop and Chelan Early in 2025, as we were planning a ride down the Danube and looking further out to the Agean, I told Odette that I wanted to do a ride east of the mountains in the Spring – and she …
January 2025 in Seattle was abnormally warm and dry and I rode just over 1,000 miles – well above what I’d expect to do at that time of year. The end of January / beginning of February, was cold and wet – only a little snow but Ice for a couple of weeks. I stuck …
tandem repaint
2025 Tandem Repaint I first heard about R+E in the mid-90’s when Virginia Felton had great things to say about getting a bike fitting there from a guy called “Smiley.” In about 2003 I bought Odette a bike from them and she had many of the same things to say about Smiley. In about 2005 we …
Other Years 7/7 – Fremont to Burke Gilman to University Bridge to Harvard to Interlaken / 19th to the I-90 bridge & trail to East Channel Bridge to Lake Washington loop. Up the hill on Lake Washington Blvd to Newcastle Dr. to 116th to May Creek Pkway to Coal Creek to May Valley Rd to 233rd to …
A little bit more mileage and elevation this year compared to 2023 (14,073 vs. 13,717 and 726,005 vs. 720,518.) Not too shabby for the first full year with a PD diagnosis. The real news is in the tandem numbers: 1,729 for the year vs. 2,959 last year. That’s what happens when you only get …
Great minds think alike – shortly after I finished this post i read this blurb in a Rivendell weekly email: Question of the week I get a lot of good questions emailed every week and I’ve decided to answer them here, in case anybody else finds it useful. Here’s a good one: Hi Will, I …
Dynamo lighting on Odette’s bike
