August 8 – 23, 2014: Jerry and Odette biked from Fairbanks to Dawson (over the Top of The World Highway) then continued on to Whitehorse and Skagway on the Klondike Highway. A ferry ride to Juneau completed the tour. Odette surprised me with a Christmas present of a bike tour in the Yukon. I didn’t …
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June 7 – 23, 2012 Odette, Will and I rode a loop beginning and ending in Aberdeen Here’s the itinerary: Depart 7th June (Thursday) – arrive mid-day June 8th Friday Aberdeen Scotland Saturday and Sunday – Aberdeen Monday 11th June cycle from Aberdeen to Ballater 44 miles Tuesday 12th June Ballater to Pitlochry 60 miles …
SELECTED MULTI-DAY BIKE TOURS Puget Sound & Islands Henderson p. 23 7 days, 215 miles – flat, possibly boring? North Cascades Highway Henderson p. 40 2 days, 130 miles – 9,300 ft. gain (a good training ride) – could be combined with something in the Okanogan Grand Coulee & Potholes Henderson p. 55 4 …
I’ve been thinking that it would be nice to get a new bike. My main ride is a 2000 Fuji Touring and it isn’t going to be long before I have to replace significant parts (the bottom bracket has some play, the headset shifts, etc.) I thought about getting a carbon “go fast” bike but …
That’s us in 2023 at Birds & Bicycles in Castro Verde, Portugal. While planning for Scandinavia in 2024 I realized that we had done ten tandem trips to Europe! Lot of fun and we’ve learned a lot. We’ll see how many more we can do. 2024 Denmark 2023 Portugal 2023 Netherlands 2022 Alsace & …
From 6/13 to 6/27/2016 Odette and Jerry travelled to Montpellier and Paris, France We flew Iceland Air to Paris, stopping in Iceland for less than an hour. We caught a domestic Air France flight to Montpellier and walked around the city that afternoon. We explored some more there the next day and in the afternoon …
My main ride for a lot of years was a 54 cm Fuji Touring that I bought new from Recycled Cycles in late 2000. It had a steel frame and a Tiagra groupset – Deore RD and Tiagra FD (with 52-42-30 in the front and a 9-speed 11-32 cassette) Tiagra hubs and Avid brakes with Tiagra …
From July 11 to July 19 Jerry and Odette rode their tandem on the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, the Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway, and the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway. The seven days of riding covered just over 400 miles and involved 31,000 feet of climbing (according to the GPS.) The route was based on …
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September 11 – 15 Jerry & Odette toured wineries in Walla Walla: On the first day we drove from Seattle to Benton City, had lunch at Tagaris, biked to Smasne, and finished with tastings at Tagaris and Bernard Griffin. We ate at the Public House that evening and stayed at Walla Faces Inn at …
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