-40's will be fine, tire-wise, I rode most of the OR Rando schedule
last year on 38mm Panaracers.
-No need for lights at all, start point is 8am and cutoff for finish
is 2:40pm
-Should be wet -- spare socks and gloves would be nice to have packed
(plus plastic bags for storing your dirty ones).
This is obviously an instance of "YMMV", but Brooks handlebar tape is,
to my hands, one of the worst cycling products I've ever used. Not
that it was poorly made, but it was just incredibly uncomfortable for
riding >60 miles, especially in warm weather.
Cheap synthetic stuff is my old stand-by.
O
I hadn't seen the Covered Bridges ride... when/where is that one? I
need to do a few frame fit tweaks, but otherwise I'm definitely
intending on doing a 400 in the next few weeks!
On Mar 28, 7:51 am, Mike wrote:
> Hey Kevin, glad you enjoyed the ride. 3 Capes is a great ride,
> probably my favori
Nice recap, Mike!
This ride was my second-ever brevet -- first being the Birkie earlier
this month.
Unfortunately, the 6:00 start time meant I left Forest Grove about
thirty minutes behind almost everyone else, as the first MAX of the
day could only bring me into Hillsboro by 6:03.
I did find so
Mike! I don't think I met you on Saturday -- I remember seeing a
rather beautiful A.H.H. at the start, though! I was on the white Colin
Laing track bike... the one Birkie rider dumb enough to try it with a
fixed gear! Hope to catch you for the Three Capes... though unless we
get an unexpected forec
