by Brian Sather
In recent years, Eastern Oregon’s Dooley Mountain climb has developed some notoriety for its brutal role in the outcome of the Elkhorn Classic Stage Race. Many of the race participants are unaware that a more formidable climb lurks nearby, the climb to Anthony Lakes. One year the race organizers proposed an additional [...]
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Filed under: Eastern Oregon, Ride Reports
by Ray Thomas
While pedestrians and bicycles sometimes share a rather wary alliance, their unity comes from a shared vulnerability to the speed and mass associated with motorized travel. And bicycles become the lawful equivalent of the pedestrian relative to motor vehicles in the eyes of the law whenever a rider dismounts or rides on [...]
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Filed under: Bikes & The Law, Road Rules
by Lane Kagay
What got you interested in workbikes?
In the early 80s, I was in Switzerland working on a farm, which was a forerunner of the CSA concept. We were trying to figure out how to move food from the farm to the city without using fossil fuels. We studied animal traction, but found that to [...]
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Filed under: Cargo Bikes, Interviews
Ellee Thalheimer
I roared down the trail (I say “roared,” but, between you and me, I probably wasn’t going all that fast) trying to keep up with Laura in Tillamook State Forest. At one point, I was cursing her, the trail, my stupid egg beater pedals, and the dumb guy who passed us in a [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Health, MTB
How mountain biking enthusiasts and land agencies worked together to create an Oregon freeriding mecca
by Tom Baldinger
Black Rock Mountain Bike Area is a set of mountain bike trails outside Falls City, Oregon. The tale behind it is unique and a good lesson for other mountain bike clubs around the country. In the early 1990s, most [...]
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Filed under: MTB, Willamette Valley
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