I am thinking, that with a little creativity, from Beaverton it could be made into a 300k. Must investigate. :-) Lynne
On May 11, 8:22 am, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > No, I think you're right. 50 miles to a 100k is an ideal length. But > to get out to the roads I was on yesterday I have to ride 25 miles or > so out of town. I've done the ride out to Ripplebrook multiple times > over the years. There's some options for making it easier. The stretch > of road between Estacada and Ripplebrook and worth the extra miles. > > I figured since I was planning on riding out there anyway, why not do > it as a perm and get some extra RUSA kilos. > > --mike > > On May 11, 7:14 am, jimD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This demonstrates that my aphorism that '50 miles is about right for a bike > > ride' may be wrong. > > -JimD > > On May 10, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Mike wrote: > > > > Well, the weather here in Portland has been spectacular the past > > > couple of days. In preparation for the upcoming Cascade 1200k I've > > > been trying to get in a few more longer rides than just a basic Super > > > Randonneur series (200k, 300k, 400k and 600k brevets). Today my friend > > > Ed and I headed out to do the Portland-Ripplebrook-Portland which goes > > > from Portland out to Ripplebrook Guard (Ranger?) Station in the Mt > > > Hood National Forest along the Clackamas River. The weather was > > > amazing and the route, by and larger really nice and most of the time > > > on quiet back roads. There is also a long stretch on the Springwater > > > Corridor bike path from Portland to Boring. > > > > I had really been hoping to do this ride in 9 to 10hrs but that wasn't > > > to be. A couple of rather long stops and Ed's bout of vertigo slowed > > > us down quite a bit. In fact, this was my slowest 200k ever 12hrs, > > > 15min. I did the Bingenfest faster in platform pedals a few years ago > > > and that has way more climbing. > > > > The Cascade is in late June so I'm hoping to be ready for it. This has > > > been an odd year for me with randonneuring in that all of my times > > > have been slower than in years past. Also, I won't get to do the 400k > > > because I was unable to get coverage for work that weekend in spite of > > > requesting the time off back on Feb 10th (WTF?) Fortunately I will > > > make it up to WA for the SIR 600k on the Olympic peninsula the first > > > weekend in June. I've never been up there and am looking forward to > > > it. Hopefully things will come together and I'll have a strong ride > > > which I think will help put me in a better headspace for the Cascade. > > > > My rando bike is bottom bracketless right now so Homer stepped up for > > > randonneuring duties. It performed quite well and I just really love > > > that bike. > > > > Here's some pictures: > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335973@N00/sets/72157629674282972/ > > > > --mike > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
