I've only had the pleasure of bicycling in the snow, at night, once. I was such a quiet, peaceful experience I keep hoping for the opportunity to present itself again.
Angus On Dec 30, 11:57 pm, RoadieRyan <rya...@hotmail.com> wrote: > LOL I was in PDX yesterday visiting Family and got caught in the > storm but unfortunately in the car, the bike would have worked MUCH > better. > At one point I was going up Johnson Creek blvd and kept looking at the > bike path to see if anyone was on it. Didn't see in riders but I did > see tracks. Glad you had a good ride and made it home safe looking > forward to the pics. > > RR > > On Dec 29, 8:33 pm, rob markwardt <robmar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > Visiting inlaws in Portland for a couple days so that means I get > > to bring a bike. Brought the Bleriot and took off this afternoon to > > ride for a few hours. Stated off a little cold but not bad. Afterr > > about an hour the flakes started to come down. Rode for another half > > hour an I wa in the middle of a full- blown snow storm. Very fun > > riding but At this point I was a long way from home and had to figure > > out the best route home. Not easy...despite it's reputation as a > > biking paradise, and it is a great place to ride, but let's just sAy > > there are LOT of hills. I headed downtown then up Terwiliger (a > > beautiful road). Was really getting thick at this point but I still > > had to get to home base in Lake Oswego...this meant climbing over an > > exticf volcano (now suburb). It was granny gear and sidewalks at this > > point though traffic really started to thin out here... Nobody could > > make it up the hill. Had a nice downhill ride and thankfully made it > > home before dark. Bleriot did great but I could have used some wider > > fenders. Will post pics once I figure out how to upload from Iphone. > > Hoping to go for a ride again tomorrow but not too hopeful. > > > Rob Markwardt > > > PS... Apologies for typos but I'm getting used to the little keyboard.- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
