Brian, fantastic job on the photos. Great stuff here. Oh to pedal through Gifford PInchot this summer! I can't say enough good things about rambling through Gifford Pinchot. And as stellar as your images are and the ride was, you guys just scratched the surface. If you can return later in the year when the passes and various observation points are open, Windy Ridge, McClellan, Johnston, you're really in for a treat. Hopefully you guys can all make it back there later in the summer.
Glad everyone had fun and no one lost an eye. One of these years there's gonna have to be a list-wide meet-up somewhere. --mike On Monday, June 3, 2013 11:51:04 PM UTC-7, stonehog wrote: > > To add to what Andy said - I also found our 2nd-day's adventure to be the > best ride in years! It always helps to endo into the snow on your Hilsen > at speed, pinch flat the rear (of course!) Cypres while slamming down some > rocky, rutted, melt-draining dirt trails waiting for arm-pump to set in, > fall on the seat twice when your feet pop off the pedals in the rocks, and > - oh yeah - do it all with a bunch of awesome-fun, like-minded riv geeks! > Wow - I now understand underbiking, but I would say a Hilsen can do > anything that doesn't involve major air. Best bike ever! The Hunqa was > great on day 1, too! > > My mess of pics: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjFK62Nt > > Brian Hanson > Seattle, WA > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Aaron Young <1ce...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Here's a link to the few photos I took: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sk8_or_die/sets/72157633916462224/ >> >> What a great ride! >> >> Aaron Young >> Vancouver, WA >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Andy Smitty Schmidt >> <54c...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> No bugs. >>> >>> The CG was about 2.5 hours from both Seattle and Portland... You could >>> absolutely do something like this in So Cal. >>> >>> Bikes were 3 Homers, 1 Sam, 1 Hunqapilar, and an LHT >>> >>> If anyone's interested in the details of where we were... >>> Saturday's route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2621380 >>> Sunday's route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2621398 >>> >>> There were other cameras... I'm sure more (and better) pics will >>> surface. >>> >>> --Smitty >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, June 2, 2013 11:27:23 PM UTC-7, Andy Smitty Schmidt wrote: >>> >>>> Five of us met at a campground in the shadow of Mt Adams for the *Seattle >>>> vs Portland Country Bike Rumble*. We got things squared away at camp >>>> and set out for the Rumble Ride. We headed up The North Fork Cispus River >>>> for about about 10 miles…. a fair amount of climbing, lots of breaks, bike >>>> talk, and we found a nice view point to hang out for a snack and some >>>> hanging out before heading back down. The Portland crew whipped up a >>>> spaghetti dinner then we settled around the camp fire until well after >>>> dark. >>>> >>>> >>>> In the morning the Seattle crew (aka Brian) was the first one up so he >>>> got a fire going and cooked a big batch of eggs. After breakfast and >>>> cleaning up around camp, Charlie had to head home, but the rest of us >>>> headed out to investigate the snow level. We figured we'd eventually be >>>> stopped by the snow and have to turn around. The snow ended up being >>>> mostly >>>> melted. We got crazy close to making the connection to connect to our 40 >>>> mile loop. We implemented the Manny Principle (keep pressing forward >>>> despite not really knowing what's up ahead and even though it's likely to >>>> cause you to be late getting home). The loop turned out to include a >>>> spectacular 5 mile descent down a jeep road. Following the ride we loaded >>>> the bikes into the cars and headed our separate ways. >>>> >>>> >>>> As for who "won" the Rumble… I't wasn't exactly clear. We were so >>>> pre-occupied riding, telling stories, geeking out on bikes, and generally >>>> having a great time that the Rumble part of it fell off the radar. Perhaps >>>> we'll have to do it again and be more on top of it. >>>> >>>> >>>> My pics are here. >>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/15966859@N07/sets/72157633895099178/> >>>> >>>> >>>> The other guys will post theirs in the comments >>>> >>>> >>>> --Smitty >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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