Odette got me a 1998 Litespeed Classic for my birthday in 2016 and I got her a 2000 Litespeed Tuscany for hers. As I stripped the Shimano 105 components off the Tuscany frame in order to build it up with a Campagnolo groupset, I started thinking about what I could do with those 105 parts. …
Our regular cycling partner, and one of Odette’s colleagues from work, had physical problems and was off his bike much of the winter. I got a text from him one day asking what size frame I rode and I replied, asking if he was building up to borrowing a tandem. He laughed and said …
(other years) 12/31 – Fremont to Dexter to 2nd to Waterfront Trail to West Seattle Loop. Home via the Locks and the Golden Gardens. Here’s a map. 40 miles on the Ibis with Odette. (Q4 split = 12,621 with 4,369 on the tandem) 12/30 – Interurban trail to I-5 crossing at Maple, Manor Way to 164th; 168th to Olympic View to Edmonds and Woodway to Innis …
From July 23 to August 5, 2015 Jerry and Will travelled in Ladakh Will has done some epic bike trips with other graduate students in his program – notably his trip to China in 2013. He and a classmate named Ravi Bhoraskar had talked for some time about riding in the Indian Himalayas, but nothing …
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 …
(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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On October 18 & 19 Jerry and Odette biked to Port Townsend and back: This was our second visit to Port Townsend this year – the first was a day in the car with relatives. Here’s the post about our Port Townsend ride in 2013. We rode the Ibis after I installed fenders, a …
Eventually the idea is to tie the foothills trail in with the Interurban via the river walk in Puyallup. What I understand to be an interim route connecting the two (southbound) is as follows: 0.0 Starting at Interurban trailhead in Pacific, turn left onto 3rd Avenue (freshly painted bike lane). 0.7 Turn right on Butte …
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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