It was raining hard last evening, but predicted to morph into showers by today. We were pleasantly surprised to ride 79 miles today with no real rain. We did have just a few drips at our 60 mile mark but not enough to make the road wet, or require us to put on our rain gear. Temperatures were comfortable and there was no wind, not even at Crown Point in the Gorge!
7 of us took off from OMSI on the Willamette River in Portland today with plans to ride out to Multnomah Falls and back.
We started off a bit weakly, Steve had a flat just a few miles into our ride today. He repaired it and we pedaled on, only for him to have another flat in another 7 miles!
Once we got that out of the way we pedaled along on our quest to reach Multnomah Falls. It was a beautiful day to be on a bike.
We eventually reached Multnomah Falls and took a break to eat and drink a bit. Mark was the center of attention with his bamboo bike. Folks were wondering if it was real wood or just painted to look like wood. It is indeed real wood, though technically bamboo is a grass.
I guess I should have taken a photo of his bike, but didn't think I'd be writing about it today as we were riding! ;-)
I missed the turn onto Mershon Rd, thinking it was a side loop we had taken earlier, and instead followed the Sandy River to Troutdale. It saved us just a small amount of planned climbing but added 2 miles to our ride today.
We had a few personal records today, it was Tom's longest ride ever. It was Mark's longest ride since Cycle Oregon last summer, and Kay too found herself riding her longest ride since Cycle Oregon, and just over twice the distance as well as over twice the climbing she did last week at Chilly Hilly. Congratulations to all of them!
My Garmin 305 is in for repairs so I was riding with my Garmin 205, which is not as accurate when it comes to measuring elevation gains. The 205 measured todays cumulative elevation at 7221 ft, the mapping program reports the ride at just under 6200 ft. With total climbing anywhere in that range it means we had a lot of "up" today.
Couldn't have a better group of folks to ride with!
..........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total
Today........79..............0.............0..........0..........79
Jan.........474..............0............21..........7.........502
Feb.........530..............0.............0..........0.........530
March........79..............0.............0..........0..........79
YTD.......1093...............0............21..........7........1121
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