Author: chris

Distance: 20 avg: 7 We had a pretty good 4000′ climb for us first thing in the morning. Some Honduran guys kept buying John drinks the night before. His hangover and my recovery evened us out a bit. We had some light snow but overall a good climb. After climbing this vertical beast we zoomed…

Distance: 65 avg: 14.1 I lost a sock today. Omg WTF what a tragedy! Ok moving on… After a good 10 hours of sleep in a hotel bed I was still not feeling well. And after the first 25 miles I was feeling pretty tired. It may seem strange to think, but I started zoning…

Distance: 70 avg: 10.6 We left from our campsite/lawn and started immediately biking up our 2000′ climb. A family of deer crossed the road, just as curious about us. Idaho’s road are built much steeper than Oregon’s, possibly out of necessity. I hit a new top speed of 37.7 today. We took a slight off-road…

Distance: 9 Man, I don’t know what I’ve got to do to get the fish to bite but it wasn’t happening. I woke up feeling rather miserable. I think I have a cold. I warmed up to the day slowly. After some brekkie I started fishing and relaxed. I seem to be slightly better. I…

Distance: 65 avg: 11.6 We camped away from the road mostly hidden from view. We woke to bright sunshine, the first such morning in a while. It was very welcome and we spread our gear out to maximize drying time. Today’s stops included Richland, Halfway( yep, that’s the name of the town), and Hell’s Canyon.…

Distance: 72 avg: 11.6 I’ve been topping out at some of these downhill at 35-37 mph. I don’t spin tho because that causes a shimmy. Today had some pretty great downhills where I stayed above 30 for a while. The climbs were nice, too. We had a lot of snow and it helped keep us…

Distance: 60 avg: 9.6 Me and John rode the whole day together, which provided some good company and some interesting conversations. The day was 52 miles of climbing, sometimes slow, sometimes more. Plus another 8 or so miles of downhill. We ran into some heavy rain but went through it fine and dried off. We…

Distance: 85 avg: 13.6 Today’s biking was probably some of the best I’ve ever seen. A couple quick climbs and some amazing downhill that went on forever. I pushed my Surly up to 37.2 mph. I probably could have gone faster but chickened out. 😛 Last night another ‘cycling enthusiast’ showed up at camp. His…

Trout fishing that is! Today was a rest day and I had a mission: learn to fish! I haven’t fished since I was 10, and everywhere I went there were people fishing. People even had fish-shaped mailboxes. So I felt it was time. I got some tips from the locals. My fishing guru became Wally,…

Distance: 66 avg: 13.6 Due to the problems on the mountains earlier today had a fair amount of delays. I had to repair my brakes to the point that I could get to Sisters. I also ripped my trousers yesterday and had to sew them up. Strangely I brought a sewing kit( thanks paola) but…