Nice story Mike....i was wondering what tires you have on the Hilsen, and how do they work on those trails/pavement?
On Jul 10, 3:28 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > The weather here in Portland has been beautiful lately. Downright > exceptional over the past three days while I was at work. I woke up this > morning and it was cooler but could tell it would burn off. My wife is out > of town and we have a puppy so I can't get away for all day rides but I did > get in a 3hr ramble passing through Forest Park twice. When I first entered > Forest Park and ended up taking Fire Rd 1 which I had never ridden before. > It's quite steep in parts and so I just dismounted and just walked a few > sections which was fine. I was on my Hilsen and one area where it doesn't > do so great is steep scrabbly climbs. I guess I could have "muscled" up the > climb but that just didn't seem fun. I exited Forest Park and headed up to > Skyline on the pavement and took that for a little ways before dropping > back down into Forest Park via Saltzman and made my way down to Hwy 30 and > across the St Johns Bridge and back home, stopping for tacos and ice cream > along the way. > > It was just a really great ride. I was on my Hilsen with platform pedals > and wearing some Musa shorts and an LL Bean seersucker/hiking shirt I > recently purchased on sale. The shirt worked well except for on descents > where it tends to flap in the wind a bit too much for my taste. I guess I > could tuck it in and the problem would be solved. > > After spending so much time focused on randonneuring for the past couple of > months it was really nice to just get out for a ramble. I'll do some > variation on the ride tomorrow and the next day. When my wife returns I'll > hopefully get out for an overnight camping trip. > > Here's a photo > set:http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335973@N00/sets/72157630519177722/ > > --mike -- 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.
