David, Nice videos. Do you do that for a living? bill g
David Bogie wrote:
> Two major things, all recumbo-ego, on Day 3 (or was it 4?) of Cycle Oregon 2003, climbing from
> Halfway OR up into the clouds to Joseph OR.
>
> I've driven this road many times but I had also ridden the pre-ride with the organizers so I knew
> what to expect in terms of climbs, descents, and distance between stops. After the last 500 foot
> climb out of the Imnaha River valley, the 20 mile run into Joseph pointed directly into a
> headwind. I had successfully paced myself so I still had plenty of juice left for this long flat,
> I knew exactly what to expect from my bike and she did not let me down. The fairing did its job
> perfectly. I was a knife, zooming through the headwind, and I grabbed momentum on the down side of
> every roller. I lost count of the soggy and wasted roadies I passed.
>
> The other cool thing was just being better prepared on the Cycle Oregon tour. Roadies,it seems to
> me, don't carry enough gear while most of us recumbent riders tend to carry too much. The weather
> forecast was sunny and warm but we ran smack into a miserably cold rain. There were hundreds of
> ****** off roadies who, having listened only to the weatherman, left Halfway with only shorts and
> a jersey. Me, I always carry rain gear on tour, especially in the mountains of Oregon. I was dry
> and toasty warm.
>
> See four short movies of us riding through the Hells Canyon area of the Snake River at my
> Mac.com site:
>
>
http://homepage.mac.com/bogiesan/CycleOregonMovies
>
> david boise ID
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