Well, Jan Heine rode from the end back to Seattle per his blog. However, after 360+ miles of gravel and dirt, I'm not sure that would be my first choice.
If I lived in Portland, I'd just see if I could get someone to retrieve me via car as Interstate 84 is right by Deschutes State Park. Riding to Portland would be an option, the wind does not always howl through the gorge, and it doesn't always blow west to east either. But if you caught it on a bad day it wouldn't be pleasant. Taking a route through the mountains would be an alternative if it was windy. I would not want to take US26, but I know people do use bikes on that route sometimes. It looks like there are quite a lot of National Fores (NF) roads and other back roads looking at Google Maps, but I would want local maps before deciding on a route. I'm sure there's some Portlanders who have some cycling routes through the mountains that avoid heavily traveled roads - Lolo Pass Road/NF-18 skirting the north and west flanks of Mt. Hood looks interesting. On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > The riders got to Klamath Falls via Amtrak. How did they get back from the > Deschutes? For me, I'd be taking the train both ways, so as relaxing as the > train is (very), it's going to be just as relaxing in the other direction. > OTOH, if I was taking the train to or from the Deschutes, the nearest > station would be Portland. If I remember correctly, the ferocious wind > blows up the Gorge, so starting from Portland, riding to the start of the > Oregon Outback and then riding the route south would make more sense to me. > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> "After much consideration, we opted to ride the route South to North for >> two reasons: 1) get the train and boxing up the bikes out the way first; >> and 2) 4k net elevation loss from K-Falls to the Deschutes. I’d definitely >> do it this way again. The elevation loss wasn’t a big deal, but I loved >> relaxing on the train, pouring over maps, drinking beers and getting >> psyched to ride. Riding the train at the end would mean being dirty, >> smelly, tired and just-wanting-to-get-home." >> >> http://velodirt.com/the-oregon-outback/ >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Eric <ericwolfo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Why was the route ridden South to North? >>> >>> With the winds, wouldn't it be better to ride from North to South? >>> >>> >>> On Monday, June 2, 2014 11:09:55 PM UTC-5, Antonioni Vicente wrote: >>>> >>>> Any Rivsters out there ever ridden this route? >>>> >>>> Tons of stuff on Velodirt.com but as usual- seeking the Riv School's >>>> input. >>>> >>>> An Atlantis and a '93 XO-3 soon to tackle it... >>>> >>>> Thanks y'all. >>>> >>>> -ant >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
