From October 1st to the 18th of 2019, Jerry and Odette biked from Montpellier in France to Girona in Spain and back again. TLDR: 625 miles of riding and 28,000 feet of climbing in 14 days on the tandem We equivocated on a second trip for 2019. Part of the indecision was was a …
The last couple of years I worked I commuted by bike quite a bit, running up 8,000 or 10,000 miles each year. When I stopped working I knew I needed to maintain my activity level so I decided to try to bike every day and settled on a goal of 1,000 miles each month. I …
About 15 years ago I wrote: I don’t like the SR 520 Trail! It’s too hilly. Why couldn’t they have engineered it to stay on the same grade as the freeway? Besides, it puts you out in the middle of nowhere. Things change. In the year since the trail across the 520 bridge opened, my …
Odette and Jerry biked in southern Spain from September 22nd to October 13th of 2018: Odette had a vacation problem. The county doesn’t pay physicians too well, but it makes up for it by giving an extraordinary amount of time off. Odette hasn’t been able to take all of her vacation for years and usually …
On June 23 & 24 Odette and Jerry rode from Marblemount to Mazama and back with Kevin (and the Redmond Cycling Club.) Celebrating 34thyear – 2Days, 150 Miles, and 11,600 ft. of Climbing This year’s annual Mazama Ride will begin in Marblemount on Saturday. We will ride 75+ miles on the NorthCascades Highway, climbing a …
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 …
Odette put a couple hundred miles on the Tuscany and said she liked it. Then she had an accident and was off the bike all winter. When she started riding again in the spring she said she wouldn’t get on the Tuscany until I raised the handlebars or for any ride that involved climbing. (She …
From June 10 to 23 Odette and Jerry travelled in France here are the photos here is the itinerary: Day 1 – Sunday Jun 11, 2017 : Fly Seattle – Reykjavik – Paris, train Paris to Dijon Day 2 – Monday Jun 12, 2017 : Dijon – Fleurey sur Ouche – Velars sur …
On April 9, 1017 Jerry & Odette rode the Goldendale Gran Fondo on their Ibis Forte. They were the last team in the standings, but they finished the course. Here’s the course – 90 miles with about 25 on gravel. 6,000 ft. of climbing. here’s a link to the map in (ridewithgps) here’s the map …
On May 6, 2017, Jerry & Odette rode from their home in Seattle to Port Angeles, then up Vancouver Island and across to Vancouver and out the Fraser River valley to Harrison Hot Springs. They returned to the USA at Sumas and rode through Bellingham and Whidbey Island for a total of about 475 miles in …
