I live in Portland and was covering some of the same ground yesterday; S.E. pdx to Oregon City, across the Willamette and up 43 to Lake Oswego, then up Terwilliger and over the top to drop down into downtown, across the Hawthorne bridge and back home. The flakes started to fly about 15 minutes later :-)
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. -- 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.
