August Top Talk By Doug Myers, President On today’s Wednesday Mystery Ride, the temperature topped out at 100 degrees. There should be more hot weather rides this summer, so it’s a good time to review some tips to make your rides safe and enjoyable. An important practice is… Read More
July Top Talk By Doug Myers, President The Pioneer Century, our signature ride, our gift to the cycling community, and a source of funding for our operations and charitable giving, was a big success. 368 riders registered and, according to our on site… Read More
By Doug Myers, President As I write this article, the Pioneer Century is just weeks away. I’d like to thank all of the members who have volunteered to fill the positions that are necessary for a successful major event ride. Most of the volunteers are members… Read More
submitted by Doug Myers, President Luck isn’t reliable. This morning there was only one ride that wasn’t cancelled because of rain. Bad luck. But at the starting point, it wasn’t raining…it was HAILING. Worse luck. Yet the hail resolved just before the ride started and we remained completely dry. Great… Read More
Team Effort. The Portland Bicycling Club has 487 active members and there are 1,318 subscribed readers of the Quick Releases newsletter. That’s a lot of cyclists who enjoy the benefits of our club. However, if you attend the club’s annual awards banquets, you might have noticed that some of… Read More
The main theme of this talk is our club’s signature PIONEER CENTURY® ride, scheduled for Saturday, June 13. This is the big one, planned and staffed by club volunteers to offer three scenic options of rural riding through Clackamas and Marion counties. It’s the event that promotes our club,… Read More
To misquote Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “In the spring, a young (and older) man’s (and woman’s) fancy lightly turns to…cycling!” The weather outside on a Monday afternoon in January certainly evokes that passage, as it is 58° with sunny skies. This brings to mind all of the activities that are… Read More
It’s Groundhog Day! Even though it’s just January and the actual traditional observance is on February 2nd, I believe that for most club members those words will elicit memories of the 1993 Bill Murray movie of that name. As you might recall, Murray’s character awakened to the same Groundhog… Read More
