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Monthly Archives: November 2010

More pie please

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Bar ends are the only way to go

Before the temperatures dropped into the twenties we had a couple nice days. By nice I mean slightly rainy and cloudy. Recently I’ve been riding out at Powell Butte due to it’s relative closeness to my house. I enjoy Forest Park for the mileage it contains, but I can be on the dirt in less that 30 minutes if I choose Powell.

The trails are usually empty, and when there are other people out there, they’re friendly. During the winter there are signs saying that the trails are closed when they’re muddy, but thanks to the trails being under cover, the mud is minimal. Riding at Powell Butte when it’s wet is one of the best times to be out there.

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West side, headed south

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West side, headed north to the open field

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This is not a trail for bikes. Whoops.

All you gotta do is show up.

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It was supposed to rain all day. It’s Oregon in November and that sentence usually holds true. And in this case it rained most of the day. As of Sunday I was still fighting off a cold, and decided to spectate Sunday’s cross race. After watching some football, I picked Case up and we headed west. A couple high rollers over here, we arrived just in time for Matt to register and for me to get my shoes muddy. A couple free donuts here (thanks Switchblades), some free coffee over here, and a couple tall cans over there. Around that time, people I know and call friends started trudging through the off camber mud section right next to our tent. Ride it? Run it? Most definitely run it. Every person who ran that section made up time, and those who rode it often times found themselves face down in the mud. Joel had an epic endo, that resulted in a mud-face, but I didn’t catch it.

New PDW goggles? Check.

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You Look Mahvelous!

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Ride it? Run it? Ride it!

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Brujo: Team Captain, Chief Heckler

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A's get smoke in the lungs

The grail. Now with cyclocross themed decal!

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Never leave your grail unattended.

Protected by Cthulhu

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Protect me Cthulhu!

It’s that time of year

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Wake up and it’s dark. Go to the office and look outside at the rain. Leave work and it’s dark. Yep, it’s fall in Portland again. That means it’s going to be dark, wet, and rainy for the next five or so months. Not that it really matters. If you live here it’s an inevitability and you get used to it. Find a way to get some extra rides in, pick up some warm socks, enjoy being soaked on the ride. It’s the little things that make a five month stretch of rain bearable.

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And to think it was supposed to rain today