Route Descriptions
Selected Bike Routes Connectors Multi-day tours Flat Centuries Shorter day tours Olmstead rides Beginning tandem rides selected bike trails in the Puget Sound region
Tandem
Tandem Story I bought a used tandem just in time for our 27th wedding anniversary in May, 2005. I decided I wanted to try a tandem when I realized that it’s more about communication and teamwork than about technical cycling skills. I’ve been getting frusrated riding regular bikes with Odette because I have to wait …
Gulf Islands
FOUR DAYS IN THE GULF ISLANDS JUNE 23 – 26, 2005 June 23rd – Thursday Ferry left Tsawwassen at 10:00 AM, arrived at Galiano Island at 10:50 AM Left Seattle about 5:30. No issues getting into Canada. Took the wrong exit and drove the Ladner Trunk Road to the causeway. Parked in the …
STP Training Log
ODETTE’S TRAINING RIDES FOR THE 2006 STP 7/15 & 16 Seattle to Portland – 204 miles on the tandem (average speed 15.7) 7/11 Burke Gilman to Lake Forest Park – 24 miles on the mountain bike (average speed 11.0) 7/9 Interurban to Auburn, return via Northern Green River trail – 32 miles on the tandem …
2006 STP
2006 STP Odette and I rode the STP on the tandem on July 15 & 16, 2006. As we neared the finish line Odette told me that it was the most fun she had ever had in her life and that she wanted to do it again next year. I signed us up online …
Handlebar Bags
My first handlebar bag was made by Serratus, a captive manufacturer owned by MEC. It was pure simplicity with a low-tech quick release bracket. It’s totally waterproof, it matches my panniers, and it doesn’t require a rack or metal frame and the mount is really secure. Here are a couple of images of the mounting …
Cyclometer Calibration
Because Odette and I were getting different distances on the same ride (like a 0.25 difference on a 30 mile ride) I finally rolled out several of the bike computers and compared them to the tables published by their manufacturers. Bike Tire Rim Width Inches MM Spec- ialized Veta Filzer Cateye Jerry – touring Continental …
Biking Stories
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 …
Spider Gap 2000
SPIDER GAP TO HOLDEN The week before labor day in 2000 Will and I hiked from Phelps Creek to Holden. On Saturday morning Odette dropped us off at the Phelps creek trailhead (about three miles from the old mining town of Trinity.) It was a day of broken clouds with a forecast of unsettled weather …
Hundred Highest
Washington’s 100 highest In Search of Higher Ground – Washington’s Top 100 by John Lixvar (Lizard) This essay, reprinted from an earlier Echo, is an excerpt from John Lixvar’s forthcoming book on "Climbing Washington’s 100 Highest Peaks". In order to appease the impatient publishers at Mountaineer Books, Lizard is looking for contributions and/or volunteers to …