Let me be clear that I have absolutely nothing to do with the Oregon Scenic Bikeways other than having ridden a bunch of them and liking them a whole lot. But even so, I managed to invite myself to the Scenic Bikeways Conference that happened yesterday in Salem and had …
Have I mentioned I really, really love riding my bike? I really love riding my bike. And then I take a ride like yesterday’s Oregon Randonneurs Three Capes 300k, and I fall in love with it all over again. Gosh. I almost bailed on this ride, actually, because the 6am …
Once upon a time, I had a friend who lived in New York. We’ll call him Ricardo–which, coincidentally, is his real name:) He had a bike that he rode sometimes, and then it was stolen. Last summer, Ricardo came to visit Portland. We rode all around the city and out …
Of the bike questions I often get asked, “how do you carry things without a car?” has a very close competitor: “what do you do when you want to get somewhere really far away?” The answer to that one is, usually, ride there on my bike! Things that seem far often don’t actually …
