ECHO – Mountain bikers, dust off that bike and get ready for the first MTB event of 2009! Echo, Oregon (map) plays host to Echo Red to Red on February 22. Part of the Oregon Mountain Bike Series, Echo Red to Red is designed to showcase the High Desert mountain biking trail system near the [...]
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Filed under: Eastern Oregon, MTB, Racing
by Jim Colbert
My daughter is about to have her first baby, a girl, in January, 2009, so I took this opportunity to ride from Eugene to visit her in the hills north of Pomeroy, Washington.
I started out on a Sunday taking the LTD bus to the Forest Service McKenzie Bridge District Office. Having turned 65, [...]
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Filed under: Eastern Oregon, Personal Stories, Ride Reports, Road Riding, Travel
by Melanie Fisher
Cog Wild has started up twice-weekly mountain bike shuttles from Bend up towards Mt. Bachelor every Tuesday and Thursday. Currently the shuttle takes mountain bikers to Swampy Snopark, but as soon as the trail from Dutchman Flat Snopark is available, the shuttles will also drop off there.
Shuttles leave from Cascade Lakes Brewery on [...]
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Filed under: Eastern Oregon, MTB, News
Not too late to sign up!
by Melanie Fisher
Bend’s Big Fat Tour is three days of fully supported, guided and shuttled single track mountain biking bliss which takes place October 17-19, 2008. Not a race, The Big Fat Tour is a friendly mountain bike ride that takes place on Central Oregon singletrack over three days and [...]
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Filed under: Eastern Oregon, Event Rides, MTB, Travel
Oregon mountain bikers need to take action and ensure important trails around Mount Hood are protected with bicycle-friendly designations. Representative Earl Blumenauer has proposed a comprehensive plan for Mount Hood, one part of which would close the beloved Boulder Lake area to bicycling. This important detail is a key divergence from the proposed Lewis and [...]
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Filed under: Advocacy, Eastern Oregon, MTB
by Mark Lansing
We have previously touted Portland, Eugene and Jacksonville as the best places in Oregon to ride. To that list, one must add Bend.
The volcanic-dirt and pine-needle trail south of town along the Deschutes River is breath-taking. The trail along the Deschutes in the north part of town is almost as nice, if not [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Eastern Oregon, Opinion, Safety, Travel, You Heard It Here First
Pendleton’s Century Ride of the Centuries
by Ellee Thalheimer
I knew I had to listen to a man who loves to dress up in a wig, cowboy hat, enormous mustache, set of naaasstty fake-tobacco-stained-snaggly dentures, and bright pink attire while calling himself ‘Pinky the Bandit from the Blues.’ His name is Herb Bitting, and he’s [...]
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Filed under: Eastern Oregon, Event Rides, Road Riding, Travel
by Brian Sather
This winter in the La Grande area of Oregon, we had lots of snow. There was a seemingly endless cycle of snow and wind. Many of our roads and highways, including I-84, were closed numerous times from heavy snowfall and drifting. People who live in frequent snow areas like ours know the extra [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Eastern Oregon, MTB
by Brian Sather
If a cyclist was allotted only one bike to ride in Northeast Oregon, it ought to be a cyclocross bike. This type of bike is best suited for handling the roads and weather conditions of the region. Here is the scenario: a cyclist is enjoying a nice paved road through some scenic countryside. [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Eastern Oregon
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
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