So once again it has been proven that the book I have out from the library SUCKS BIG TIME. Every time I use that book, either the directions are wrong, or there’s some hideously long hike-a-bike that somehow didn’t get written about. (Mountain Biking Portland by Scott Rapp) I hadn’[...]
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Ride Report: Knebal Springs
Friday night I drove up to the Knebal Springs campground alone to meet some friends to camp for the weekend; by the time I got there it was pitch black and the campground was completely empty. I didn’t think they would be there (since they usually don’t camp in campgrounds and just use t[...]
Pittock Mansion and Molalla MTB
Saturday Since I went out late Friday night and slept in a bit on Sat morning, I bagged the race and went for a run/hike in forest park. I just did Wildwood starting at the Arboretum. I actually ended up going a little under 6 miles in about an hour 10, which I was pretty amazed [...][...]
MTB adventures
I took last Friday off of work (got a shit storm for that) to go camping and biking last weekend. Saturday morning I drove a bit over 2 hours south of Randle, WA and camped out at the end of some random, unused forest road. It’s located between Mt St Helens, Mt Adams, and Mt [...][...]
Camping & Ride Report: Lewis River Trail
Friday night we drove up to and past Cougar, WA to the Gifford Pinchot Nat’l Forest around Mt St Helens. We camped out at the Lower Falls Rec Area, which is a pretty big campground; thankfully there were lots of open spots, but unfortunately that was because it was raining. On the long drive t[...]
Ride Reports: Dairy Creek & Post Canyon
Road Ride – Dairy Creek (55 miles) Saturday morning I went on the PV ride with the 21s. The Dairy Creek ride is always interesting, as halfway through the ride is a 16-mile out and back, 8 miles up a false flat, 8 miles down. And everyone always races it, and I always get dropped. This [...][...]
Ride Reports – TireFlat PV / Tillamook Forest
Saturday: Bald Peak and Holly Hill with Portland Velo When I headed out at 8:30am, it was about 58 degrees and rose quickly to maybe mid-70s, 80. Pure sunshine, it was awesome. I rode with the 21s, which I was a little nervous about since I haven’t been doing the rides lately, but it went grea[...]
