There were a lot of new faces as we gathered at Salmon Street Springs.
In fact, I only recognized a half dozen familiar faces. We even had a new leader. Nathan is busy globe trotting, but TNR has taken on a life of its own.
We rolled out just a few minutes after 7:30 PM. I brought my GoPro along at the last minute to capture some of the fun. When I grabbed the GoPro, I thought the battery was fully charged. I guess it wasn't. Here's the first 5 1/2 minutes of tonights TNR
It was a loud and raucous affair. This outfit could rattle windows!
There were many other bikes equipped with sound. You could pick your genre and just ride with them!
Everybody was in a festive mood. It was the loudest TNR I've attended. As we'd pass through underpasses the sound level would rise as everyone searched for the perfect reverb. :-)
One of our food stops was in a grocery store's parking structure, we rolled down into the structure with glee!
(Dan R video)
If you look carefully, around 15 seconds in, and again around 30 seconds in, you will see me riding on the right side of the pack. I'm wearing a bright yellow shirt, and have a backpack with a brightly colored reflective triangle.
It was echo heaven for those folks.
The cell phone doesn't take movies nearly as well as the GoPro, and captures no where near the sound quality. :-(
We continued on our way.
Though I usually try to be in stealth mode, sometimes I'm caught by a fast shutterman.
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| credit Eric Thornburg (IG: @no.lens.cap) |
It was a great night for a ride. It was in the upper 70's as we started, and was still in the high 60's as we wrapped up, well after 10 PM.
As is my usual practice, I started from Sellwood Riverfront Park, so I made my way back along the Springwater Trail.. Before getting on the trail I stopped to take a photo of the Tilicum Crossing, Bridge of the People.
While I was taking photos of the moon over the bridge, Dan was taking a photo of the post ride party on the west side of the river.
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| Dan R photo |
Even at this late hour I was comfortable riding along the river in shorts and a short sleeved dry weave t-shirt.
There were some wispy clouds rolling in with rain predicted for tomorrow. I took the opportunity to take advantage of the last fleeting days of summer (okay, so it is already autumn, but you catch my drift!) and rode out the Springwater a few miles before turning around.
I got home at midnight.
........Road Bike........Rollers.......MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today .....27.................0.................0...............0.................27
Jan.........304................15................0...............31..........350
Feb..........0..................0..................0...............0.............0
March.......18.................0.................0...............0............18
April.......113................0.................0...............0...........113
May.........155................0.................0...............0...........155
June..........10.................0.................0................0.............10
July..........79..................0.................0................0.............79
Aug..........76...................0.................0................0............76
Sept...........97..................0.................0................0............97
Total.......854...............15.................0...............31...........924
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