THE BASIC CLIMBING STORY I grew up in a little mountain town in eastern Oregon and I spend quite a bit of time outdoors as a kid. I hunted with my dad from an early age and most of the attraction of the hunt was the tramping around in the woods and the camping. I …
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From September 26th to October 17th Jerry and Odette rode the tandem on a loop in Southern Portugal, followed by a week of sightseeing in Lisbon Odette wanted to go to Portugal. It seemed like everyone we knew was going there this year. She settled on Elsewhere (the Lonely Planet product) based on their website and …
From: Lucia – Cycle Fiesta Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 4:35 AM Subject: COMPLETE INFO PACK To: Odette Batik Hello Odette, Below you can find the invitation link to access your complete info pack: https://ridewithgps.com/auto_approve/Event/195434/PZnRAwXiZppusj5I I also attach few PDF files with useful contacts ( such as hotels & addresses), general information, itinerary, points …
Since we got back on the bike in December we’ve been mainly on the Ibis – it’s the one with fenders and Odette finds it easier to get on and off the saddle because of the smaller wheels. A couple of months ago we got enough slack in the chain that I had to adjust …
A month ago I read this strata post by Jan Heine, the Bike Quarterly guy: “Amazing course so close to the city – thank you Steve for scouting it.” In the comments he noted that no permits were required and that the roads were all open to the public even though it cut through the …
Inspired by the 520 Bridge page I put up last year, here is an I-90 page. I didn’t exactly replicate the format – while all of these rides start at the Mt. Baker Tunnel East Portal Viewpoint, some of them don’t cross the bridge. I’ve tried not to reproduce rides I plotted out on the …
From October 1st to the 18th of 2019, Jerry and Odette biked from Montpellier in France to Girona in Spain and back again. TLDR: 625 miles of riding and 28,000 feet of climbing in 14 days on the tandem We equivocated on a second trip for 2019. Part of the indecision was was a …
The last couple of years I worked I commuted by bike quite a bit, running up 8,000 or 10,000 miles each year. When I stopped working I knew I needed to maintain my activity level so I decided to try to bike every day and settled on a goal of 1,000 miles each month. I …
