I had a bike frame welding project that kept me from going for a preride, so tonight I just rode in from Sellwood. It was a beautiful night for a ride.
I arrived at our meeting point, the Salmon Street Springs, took up residence on a park bench as the others filtered in.
Our leader Nathan led us out across the Hawthorne Bridge and on to Ladd's Addition where we made a celebratory lap of the central loop, much to the amusement of a couple of drivers stuck watching 150 cyclist ride by in a steady stream. Hey, we ARE traffic!
From there we continued to ride east on Division Street until we reached 50th Ave. We turned north, then back west on Hawthorne, Belmont, and Morrison to get to the Lone Fir Cemetery, where paid our respects with an after dark tour of the quiet pathways.
From there it was just a short ride to our "end of ride supply point" stop. Folks stocked up on post ride supplies and the ride ended at our own private fire pit and beach, under the Hawthorne Bridge.
It was a cooler night than it has been recently. It was in the low 40's by the time the ride ended at the beach, about 9PM. I had three light layers on, and was okay. Some of folks were showing a lot of bare skin. One young gal was wearing a sleevless top, 3/4 length pants, no gloves, or hat. She said she was plenty warm. Oh to be young again!
.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today ......18................0...................0.......................0............18
Jan............0................0...............,...0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......79................0..................0........................0...........79
YTD...... 203...............0...................0.......................0...........203
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