biking

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Best T-shirt slogan seen all day: Does “anal retentive” have a hyphen? This year’s Ride Around Washington was a loop around the peninsula: Day Start Miles Time Calories Ascent* Comments 0 To Bellingham – – – 1 Bellingham to Port Townsend 80.1 6:50 5,126 3,860 Three flats just past Chuckanut. Whidbey Island has some hills

During mid-week, I had a bicycle repair class after work. Since I would need to bring my bike, it seemed appropriate that I ought to just bike there. I was interested in testing the LED-based headlight (a Christmas present) and charged its batteries during the day. After work, I biked the 18 miles to northeast

If I write a review immediately after a cycling event, and the cycling event wasn’t 100% fantastic, my review tends to sound negative. For example, consider last year’s RSVP, where a central question I pondered during much of day one was “why the hell am I doing this?” This is a legitimate question to ask

Smile or grimace? Why the hell am I doing this? I kept asking myself this question throughout most of the first day of Rain-Soaked Venture Pedaling R.S.V.P.. (For a more optimistic take, view Claire Petersky’s summary.) Day 1: 106.9 miles Seattle to Bellingham Day 2a: 21.8 miles (Bellingham to the border) Day 2b: 56.9 miles

(Continued from Part 1, (Map, annotated altitude Profile, Preride Guide) Twelve Monkeys beware! The early morning ride through the university district wasn’t as harrowing as I’ve come to expect. It would have been shorter, too, except when I crossed the Eastgate bridge, my mirror fell off. The distraction was enough that I missed a left

I finished the two-day version of STP (Map, annotated altitude Profile, Preride Guide) and lived to tell about it. Woot! Saturday Left Seattle at 4:05 a.m. Arrived in Castle Rock, WA, at 4:30 p.m. 139.8 miles, 2,559′ ascent Average speed 13.0 mph. Sunday Left Castle Rock at 5:15 a.m. Arrived in Portland, OR, at 10:47