Geez Allan. I don't recall you mentioning the strip clubs to me last week. I ended up spending all my money at art museums and such. Sigh.
I did however ride around Portland a bit, several times. A bike ride is a bike ride. :-) On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Allan in Portland <allan_f...@aracnet.com>wrote: > Don't leave us hanging... did she opt for a relaxed fit > Surly<http://clevercycles.com/blog/2012/05/09/pimp-your-surly/>to pull her > Burley? > > Also, I had a very similar experience, this week, in fact. In July a group > of middle-aged women are coming down from Vancouver to do a ride. Their > plan was the Willamette Valley the first half of the week and then out the > Columbia River Gorge the second half. They are hiring me to shuttle them > from Eugene to Portland mid-week and then The Dalles to Portland at the end > of the week. While I try to keep route kibitzing to a minimum, their > original plan was that I would take them from Eugene to about 40 miles west > of Portland. This would allow them to "get more miles in" for their ride to > The Dalles, which is east of Portland. > > I graciously explained their intended point 40 miles west of Portland > wasn't going to offer much of anything different in scenery or terrain from > the previous ~120 they did to get to Eugene, but that it would have them > pedaling about 30 miles of suburban semi-sprawl as they come-and-go through > Portland's outer bedroom communities. My suggestion was they use the day as > an option day to allow people to split into smaller groups (there are 13 of > them total) and sight-see around Portland-proper. They can hit coffee > shops, restaurants, taco carts, dive bars, strip clubs, whatever is their > fancy. And the racers can ride the Spring Water Trail or Marine Drive or > both to get their "miles in." > In the end, I think it was the strip clubs that convinced them to take the > rest day. > > It is a strange, though common occurrence that people come all the way out > to Oregon to ride, but then do not spend any time riding around Portland > because, hey, sight-seeing is "junk miles." > > -Allan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/gPPsFUZsu_8J. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Robert Harrison rfharri...@gmail.com statrix.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
