This tour was designed so that first-time bicycle campers can try loaded touring at minimal expense. If you want to try bicycle camping, here’s an inexpensive opportunity to experience some of the best scenery in North America, the Columbia River Gorge. Participants pay $20 with registration that covers the… Read More
Explore Central Oregon on these three rides from Bend and Prineville over Memorial Day weekend, May 28, 29, and 30, 2022. Two of the rides start in Bend and explore forest, farm and ranch country west and north of Bend. The third ride travels out of Prineville on one of the… Read More
We will be returning to northern Idaho July 24-28, 2022, to ride the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes and the Route of the Hiawatha. Both trails are considered world class. This trip is four nights in motels. On Sunday, July 24, we drive to Wallace, about 430 miles, and stay… Read More
Riding with Reindeer: A Bicycle Odyssey through Finland, Lapland, and Arctic Norway by Robert M. Goldstein (Rivendell Publishing Northwest, 2010, xiv, 337 pp.) An escape plan so that he could live again In 2005, Robert Goldstein was fifty-one years old and in his sixth year of a… Read More
Fall’s here! Make sure that it’s the leaves that fall and not you. This is serious and I hate serious, so now you know how important I think it is to remind you that some roads will be collecting lots of falling stuff like leaves, evergreen needles, and oil… Read More
Ride Pace Rating Proposal Cindy Bernert-Coppola proposed changing the wording of PBC’s pace rating for club rides. She had heard complaints of confusion, particularly from newer riders, about a couple of the terms used. Although speeds were included, the terms “leisurely” and “moderate” seemed to puzzle some. The board agreed… Read More
I did not plan to buy an e-bike, but it seems like some of our leaders are getting them, group speeds have increased, and I don’t like being left at the end of the pack. Also, I am a year older. It is easy to justify not buying an… Read More
It’s not uncommon for us to find unsafe conditions as we are out riding our bikes. Maybe we grumble and whine, then forget about it. Member Dave McQuery has once again demonstrated the skill of gently and kindly speaking out to actually get results. PROBLEM: July 20, while on a… Read More
