This year Odette and Jerry travelled in France from May 22 through June 2. They packed the tandem and flew to Paris, took the TGV to Avignon, spent six days biking a loop starting and ending in Avignon and passing through Arles. They worried about the train strike interfering with the trip back to Paris …
As we start our fifth season on this bike here are some developments and thoughts triggered by a website upgrade that forced me to touch the original page again: We’ve flown with this bike (Scotland, France, Yukon) and we’ve done some strenuous tours on it (Wallowas.) the bike has performed well. It came with alloy …
(other years) 12/31 – Chilberg and Dodge Valley Rd. out of La Conner to Best Rd. to Conway. Pioneer Highway to Stanwood. Marine View Dr. to Marysville. Sunnyside to Hewitt Avenue Trestle to Pacific and 41st to the Interurban Trail. Home via Fremont and 1st Ave. NW. Here’s the map. 79 miles on the Ibis with Odette. …
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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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 …
bicycle adventures the bikes Handlebar Swaps 1984 Centurion Elite R/S 2000 Litespeed Tuscany 1998 Litespeed Classic 1976 Windsor Carrera Sport 2015 Fuji rebuild 2014 Ibis tandem project 2019 Ibis Rohloff conversion 2013 Rincon project the new tandem the tandem the fixed gear route descriptions trail descriptions 520 Bridge routes BNSF Eastside Corridor 2021 Lummi Island 2019 Corsica 2018 …
Jerry Scott (206) 784-9815 6260 First Avenue NW (206) 276-5276 (cell) Seattle, WA 98107 jerry@obatik.com Outdoor Experience Twenty-five years of mountaineering in the Cascades and Olympics. Significant summits include Rainier, Baker, Adams (Adams Glacier), Glacier, Hood, Olympus, Stuart (West Ridge), Bonanza, Goode, Prusik, Shuksan, Eldorado, Liberty Bell, Clark (Walrus Glacier), Constance, Challenger, Luna, Cutthroat (Southeast …
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 …
BOOKS THAT I’D LIKE TO OWN The Mountaineers, Freedom of the Hills, 2nd Ed. The Mountaineers, Freedom of the Hills, 3rd Ed David Brower, Manual of Ski Mountaineering, 2nd Ed (and any editions after the 3rd) Fred Beckey, Cascade Alpine Guide – Vol. 1, 1st Ed Fred Beckey, Cascade Alpine Guide – Vol. 3, 1st …
KEY WORD SEARCHES. climbing – all books about getting to the top of stuff climb guide – "where to" guides climb technique – "how to" books climb gear – small number of books about hardware climb literature – literature (mainly climbing narratives) about climbing, much of it away from the Cascades hiking – all books …
