Tour through the High Desert

From the December, 2008 issue

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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Track racing at its best: the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge

From the September, 2008 issue

by Dave Campbell, photos by Tony Halford
The steeply-banked, 268-meter Portland track played host to some of the world’s best track racers at the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge.  Held July 18-20th under beautiful weather in Portland’s Southwest hills, the event offered up $13,000 in cash prizes to the brave lycra-clad warriors who came from five nations and [...]

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Coast or bust from the southern Willamette Valley

From the August, 2008 issue

by Karl Benedek
I get asked all the time about the best way to the coast from Eugene. Highway 126 is the most direct route, of course, but not the most fun. I had been out Smith River Road before, but had never tried Highway 36, so this July, my wife and I set out to [...]

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Patagonian adventure

From the April, 2008 issue

Biking from the “End of the Road” in South America
by Peter Marsh
The Spanish word “Patagonia” seems to resound in English with a strange and mythic ring to it and I’ve longed to visit the southern end of South American for as long as I can remember. My fascination began in a geography class when I [...]

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The Anthony climb: Oregon’s clandestine challenge

From the August, 2007 issue

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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Scandalized saddles

From the July, 2007 issue

Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride
by Ellee Thalheimer
At a party, just seconds after shmoozing with my grandmother’s very proper friends, I found myself murmuring in the corner with my friend Collin as he tried to sell me on the World Naked Bike Ride. When I asked him in hushed tones about male-oriented technical details, he offered [...]

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