Author: Glenn

Finding New Rides

While Susan is recovering from her broken elbow — and not yet able to drive, I am finding interesting new rides and new ways to get to old starting areas. Primarily, I started exploring the local roads that go from my house to one of our club’s starting points....

CRASH!!!

Bicycle crash due to wheel failure...

Bicycling Oregon – Willamette Valley

Tucked about a hour away from Portland, Oregon is a different place.   The Willamette Valley (accent on the la) is an area of vineyards, farms, small cities and much open land.  Where Portland’s weather in summer is in the 60s and low 70s, The Willamette Valley is in the...

Recovery Ride

The other week Susan and I rode an unusual amount, even for us retired folk. We rode Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday — or five out of seven days. For us, this is a lot. Our Friday ride was a true ‘social ride’. We went through places we’d...

The Best Bike For Me !

Every now and then the "do I need/want a new bicycle" syndrome rears its head. ...

The New Bike Toy

So, I broke down and bought a Garmin Edge 705 GPS.  My thoughts follow: THE GOOD: It tracks a lot of information…up to 16 different items are instantly viewable with a single button push. For instance: Speed, Average Speed, Max. Speed, Elevation, Elevation Gain, Percent of Grade you are...

Rant #3 – The Never Ending Safety Issues

The other day a member of our bicycle club was telling a group of us how safe someone was who she regularly rode with.   We all listened politely.  When she left we looked at each other and rolled our eyes.  To a person we all felt the ‘safe rider’...