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henry

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:05 pm

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

Hey fuckers-

I know there's a race, but I need to get some miles in so i'm going to be doing this:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1100916

Ya'll are welcome to come along. If there's something going on after the race we can be back in time for drinking.

There is a ton of gravel on that route so don't bring your race bike with 19s on it.

There are also lots of opportunities to jump into cold water along this route ... i'm just saying.

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Alex

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:08 pm

Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 3128 Location: Roosevelt

Good ride. I rode a lot of those roads on my S24O last weekend.

http://blogs.phred.org/blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2007/07/01/june-s24o.aspx

I haven't decided on Bruised By Bike or backpacking for the upcoming weekend.

the dreaded ben

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:17 pm

Grumpy Greeb Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 5329 Location: flavor country

glorious, but alas i will be on a goddamn airplane.

henry

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:27 pm

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

Last time i was out on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail there was a tressel out between Snoqualmie and Fall City, did they get that fixed Alex?

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Alex

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:06 pm

Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 3128 Location: Roosevelt

henry wrote:

Last time i was out on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail there was a tressel out between Snoqualmie and Fall City, did they get that fixed Alex?

Sorry, I didn't go that far south on the SVT this time. Last time I was out near the tressel was a couple of years ago.

joeball

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:01 pm

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 6037 Location: Ether

So Mini Bikes, Hills or river valleys...I've not been on the I-90 trail leg east of Issaquah or much of the snoqualmie valley trail. I am interested, Can we get an early ass departure time though, like 8am at the west end of the I-90 bike/ped tunnel? I'm still not sure about Tuesday night PT camping.

FieryIrie

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:41 pm

Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 554 Location: Wallingford

Hhmm, I might be interested in the ride, but my only bike is my street bike, I suppose that wouldn't work well, yah? What do you ride for such a trek? Hybrid?

henry

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:54 pm

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

Yes, i'm hoping to leave super early, i should have posted that. 8am at Westlake sounds very good.

A road bike would be fine ... for the most part. There's a lot of riding on gravel so you'd want to be pretty steady on your bike.

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FieryIrie

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:00 pm

Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 554 Location: Wallingford

Sounds like a blast. I'll see if I'm up to it next weekend. I wanted to make sure and do a nice big ride the weekend before the STP. Hope to meet you then! Or... maybe on a ride before.

Alex

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:35 am

Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 3128 Location: Roosevelt

FieryIrie wrote:

Hhmm, I might be interested in the ride, but my only bike is my street bike, I suppose that wouldn't work well, yah? What do you ride for such a trek? Hybrid?

I first rode all of this stuff on a road bike with 25mm tires about a decade ago. This last weekend I was riding on 35mm tires on a randoneeuring (think lightweight touring) bike. A hybrid would work, but flat handlebars aren't so comfortable for a long ride.

The narrow tires were fine and not dangerous or sketchy. The wider tires are much more comfortable and faster on gravel (and if you pick your tires carefully they are no slower on pavement).

A touring bike like Henry and Andre's LHTs is great.

henry

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:33 pm

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

I actually ended up leaving the LHT up on Guemes Island to be brought back in a truck on Monday, so this ride better be put off until later in the summer. I'll be doing some kind of more fixie friendly road ride on this day.

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lantius

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:44 am

1337 Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 6705 Location: right over

henry = dumbass

TrikerTrev

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:18 am

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 2303 Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!

lantius wrote:

henry = fluffy-lovemuffin

i always thought so too

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FieryIrie

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:39 am

Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 554 Location: Wallingford

henry wrote:

Awww! I was so ready for this ride! 8^(

joeball

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:52 am

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 6037 Location: Ether

henry wrote:

I'm going to make you ride my 1x1

henry

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:00 am

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

lantius wrote:

henry = dumbass

you're a sweety lee.

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pete jr

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:37 am

Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 1930 Location: balls deepx

doh!

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