In the movies

I had a full day scheduled in Washington County.  The day started off with a bike ride starting in Hillsboro..........in the rain.  It was dripping the entire time that Mike and I were riding 33 miles.  I didn't bring my camera because of the rain, and didn't take the time to take the phone out of the waterproof case.  We pedaled along on familiar roads at a moderate pace.

I had taken the fixed gear bike on a rainy ride since I was requested to bring it because of its bright colors to the next event. Since it has no fenders and it had rained the entire time, I was wet.

Luckily I brought a fresh kit to wear for the second ride of the day. The Washington County Visitor's Association contracted with a company to produce a short film about the attractions in Washington County. One of the things that makes Washington County attractive is good cycling.  They needed cyclists to be "extras".  Our group of just under 40 met at a nearby park and rode the 4 miles to the venue.  Once there we followed the directions of the film crew.  We rode, rerode, then rode again the same 1 mile section of road while they filmed us with an aerial drone, a camera mounted on a boom, and a camera mounted in the back of a van. At least the rain stopped for this and the roads dried.

They said they will be using today's footage in several films, the first to be released likely this December.  When it is available, I'll post a link here, until then just know that we all worked pretty hard for our 6 seconds of fame! I ended up with 22 miles and reached a maximum speed of 25 mph on the fixie, when the producer asked for speed. That's a pretty fast cadence.

My third event was not bike related, but a fire district meeting.  All together I was gone from home for 14 hours.

It's been a good start to the month.  I've logged 301 miles in the first 7 days. Not bad for a guy that struggled to get 200 miles per month for most of the year so far.

.......Road bike........Rollers.......MTB.......Lifecycle....Total
Today.......54...............0..............0..............0..............54

Jan..........765.............0..............0..............0.............765
Feb..........248............0..............0..............0..............248
March......183...........0...............0.............0...............183
April........228...........0...............0.............0...............228
May.........200............0..............0.............0...............200
June.........199...........0...............26...........0...............225
July..........246...........0...............0.............0...............246
August.....502...........0...............0.............0...............502
Sept..........974...........0..............44............0..............1018
Oct...........301............0...............0.............0...............301
Total........3698.........0...............70............0..............3778