Mt Tabor is an urban park... it has trees, playground, water reservoirs, and a few peek-a-boo views of the surrounding terrain. It's worth the ride up, but it's more of an "after dinner to watch the sunset" or "on the way to X we'll ride over Mt Tabor" kind of place. That said, if you want a more urban ride to explore Portland, Mt Tabor and Rocky Butte can be a fun Two-fer. <http://www.rubbertotheroad.com/?p=656> You could add in a stretch along the Columbia or Willamette Rivers too.
The Banks-Vernonia trail is pretty cool. Although Larch Mtn has a more scenic payoff (at least I hear and believe it's scenic, the one time I rode up it was completely socked in) but Larch has no services like in Vernonia. You can take the light rail from Portland to the end of the line in Hillsboro and ride 10-ish flat miles to the Banks trail head. Not a loser ride in the bunch. --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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
