Archive for the ‘travel’ Category
June 26, 2008
Poring rain kept us from riding up Hurrican Ridge. We drove instead. But that didn’t keep at least one other cyclist from climbing this hill.–Corrie
Top Rides: Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic Mountain Range
Photo: Ryan Clarke/ PezCyclingBy Ryan Clarke
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As the summer swelter finally subsides and the lingering days slowly escape from your after-work rides, you’ll find October might be the most underrated riding month of the year. With no more summer holiday traffic to clog the roads, crisp, clear mornings and long-shadowed afternoons, October is the ideal time to do that last big ride. It’s a final chance to unload the fitness tank before relinquishing your summer form for that of something closer to jolly ol’ St. Nick.
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June 24, 2008
Helen’s in Greece or was recently on a cycle tour with her granddaughter. She wrote Linda about arranging a tour for 2009. Everyone thinks I need to travel. So here’s a bike touring entry. It contains links to great pictures, if you’re the tourist type.–Corrie
If you like seeing what bicycles other touring cyclists are riding, then you may already know about Fully Loaded Touring Bicycles on Tour.
Ron W has posted more than 280 photos of fully loaded touring bikes “at work” that have been submitted by their proud owners. The bikes are identified — everything from the Seven Vacanza to the Surly Long Haul Trucker — and you can see how they’re packed.
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June 19, 2008
Hey, we have competition in our quest to represent cycling in the are. A new club has formed. It looks to be based in Moscow–many of their listed rides start there. They have a couple of rides in the valley including the Lapwai Loop though they do not know about the Arrow extension.
They list several Bike and Brew Weekends this summer which seem to mean mountain biking and drinking beer. Mat Morra leads a weekly Thursday evening ride of 20+ miles from Tidyman’s. They do also list our Time Trials.
I suspect they are mostly younger guys and gals or the faster sort like Mat but we should see this as another opportunity to find riders and build support for cycling.
Check ‘em out. http://www.palousecycling.com/
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June 17, 2008
Two Washington communities among 11 new Bicycle Friendly towns
Two outstanding communities for bicycling on the Olympic Peninsula — Bainbridge Island and Port Townsend — have been named among the 11 new Bicycle Friendly communities by the League of American Bicyclists.
The others are Colorado Springs and Durango, Colorado, and Minneapolis, Minnesota (all silver level), and Arcata, California, Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlottesville, Virginia, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Oxford, Mississippi, and Sitka, Alaska (bronze)
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June 10, 2008
Here’s a trail for the adventurous and not far away. Doug sent this some time ago.–Corrie
The Iron Horse is suitable for any rider with a bike that can go off pavement. It is perfect for families with older kids, ideal for casual mountain bikers and a great trail for fat-tire warriors to burn mileshttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/101499/ironpix2.html.;)
rom Doug
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April 7, 2008
Over at UltraRob, he’s been riding Moabb.
I got into Moab yesterday afternoon in time to do a little riding. I did some easy spinning and then went part way up the Moab Rim trail. Coming back down, my confidence wasn’t very good.
When your bike is totally dialed in, it is so much easier to be confident. When your bike needs some work, it’s easy to lose your confidence.
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March 25, 2008
Jen wanted links to the Crusty Cassette write up of our Death Valley Trip so I put together a page with a single link that will put the tale together in order along with a slideshow of the pcis I had at Flickr.
Death Valley Days
–Corrie
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March 22, 2008
One more for the tourists.
Adventure Cycling Names Ten Top Touring Areas in North America
Missoula, Mont. —Adventure Cyclist magazine has your next cycling destination. Ten of them, in fact. In its inaugural “Ten Top Touring Areas” feature, Adventure Cyclist (Adventure Cycling Association’ |
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Or just open Adevenure Cylcing’s PDF
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March 17, 2008
Top of the Day to all you Irish out there. You win a prize: Gene’s list of cross-state tours for 2008. It’s worth another look if you like multi-events. –Corrie
10 amazing logos for across-state bicycle tours
by Gene Bisbee at 06:00AM (PDT) on March 16, 2008 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
Border Raiders bike tour in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri
It has taken a while for me to find them, but the Biking Bis blog is listing 94 multi-day bicycle tours in 47 states for 2008. That’s 7 more states and 13 more tours than last year. You’ll find them at “2008 Across State Bicycle Tours.”
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March 15, 2008
Why’s everyone trying to make me look bad just ’cause I can’t ride?
Beware the ides of March, Caesar was warned. I say, beware the tourists. They’ll hur’ cha. Two stories for the tourists today.
I love Gene Bisbee’s blog. Not only is it in the Northwest (Seattle) but he seems to have sources around the world. I highly recommend reading him every morning, not just when I point something out.–Corrie
Bicycling to climb every mountain
by Gene Bisbee at 05:00AM (PDT) on March 14, 2008 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
David Sylvester is setting off this week on a quest to bicycle to the trailhead of the highest peak in each of the 48 contiguous states and climb to the top of each and every one. He’ll be accompanied by his faithful companion Chiva, a 2-year-old shepherd/husky mix.
If successful, they’ll be the first dog-human team to accomplish the feat. And you thought all the Earth’s frontiers had been conquered. Not with a dog, they haven’t.
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