Weekend Rides?

[sookiesue]

40 miles from Portland to Crown Point in the Gorge. Beautiful day for a ride, although it was pretty hot by the time I met up with my family at Crown Point. I was glad I didn't have to keep going!

The highlight of the ride was seeing a large bird flying back and forth across the Old Columbia River Highway. It kept going back and forth, landing in the trees on either side of the road. As I approached it flew about 10 feet in front of me, just above head level and I could see it was a huge turkey vulture! There was some roadkill it was trying to get at in between cars and bikes passing. I've seen lots of different wildlife on my rides but this was first for me!

[Owlie]

I spent all of last weekend in Boston with my parents and sister (who don't understand how awesome bikes are), so no riding, even though I saw lots of cyclists in Concord and the weather was perfect. I think I caught something there, thanks to the sleep deprivation (my parents can't take relaxing vacations). Sigh.

[Antaresia]

It's Velopaloza here in Vancouver, so there are lots of rides going on! Me & my bike buddy Dave did the Fancy Ride yesterday (I know, it's not a weekend ride, hush). I'm really looking forward to the Wine Tour bike ride on Saturday!





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I went with a more costume-ish dress up, I didn't want to ride with my ~really~ nice clothes. We road all along the sea wall, through Stanley park, and ended up on a beach. There was a tall bike with us, and a dude on a BigDummy (I think) with a wicked loud sound system. It was such a nice ride, and we met some really cool people!

[Crankin]

Owlie.
You probably saw me riding.

[Reesha]

Day 1 of the Big Ride was so very cold, so very long, and so very wet. But I made it-- and burned 7500 calories! I also had the first flat of the Big Ride in Redmond, WA.

Unfortunately, I seem to have aggravated my patellar ligament in my right knee... possibly due to a 5mm discrepancy between my actual saddle height and how they put it back together... (some question about where the saddle was marked... at the collar or at the actual frame) but the 17 mile climb up Snoqualmie Pass was too much. I rested today and SAGed... took lots of pictures for everyone! It was more fun than I expected-- I am trying to make the most of it. My ligaments are still pretty swollen and inflamed so I doubt I'll be riding tomorrow too. Bummer!