gonesh9

What a great ride! Wonderful weather, excellent group of guys (and Patriot's wife, who rocked!), 50 miles of sweet Oregon roads... I managed to get a few pics.

Stopping at 24th street in NW Portland before the climb up to the zoo:


Riding out through Beaverton:


Rest stop in residential SW, Rad holding court.


Out of town we got many miles of sweet countryside riding.








Notice the unlucky truck that had to deal with 11 bicyclists enjoying the ride too much to let him by...

gonesh9

More beautiful country riding SW of town:






The compulsary coffee stop.


Patriot posing with experience- notice how all his blue matches the sky perfectly.


Climbing some more:


Group shot on top of the cemetery above Sellwood, majestic Mt. Hood in the background.


Rad took us to knock on ACME paint's door, but alas noone was there, and the saga continues....

ViperZ

Nice Pictures of what looked like a beautiful ride!

I like how Rad tours everyone by the place that is holding his Tete in solitary confinement. Like a group of lobbyist trying to free some important figure head

Thanks!

Velo Vol 

Looks like fun. Nice blue sky.

Dabbo

Thanks for the great ride guys, it was a good workout and a beautiful day.
I'm looking forward to the next one.
I will need to get some sunscreen now that the sun is finally out!
Ciao
Paolo

Sinfield

ah the cemetary climb. I love that ride. Wish I could have come out for that one.

PedalMasher

wow great pics! good ride and can't wait for the next one.

55/Rad

Here are some poserific pics....

Gonesh9 with his lovely new Cinelli - That's Jakey in the BG waiting his turn.



Jakey with his gorgeous Torelli.



Patriot as he just arrived...with Fast Attack and Paradisus



The lovely "Mrs. Patriot". We call her Nancy and it turns out, is quite the strong rider.



dls333 with his Vanilla Fixie. It took him 2 years to get it, from order to finish, including the paint job from Acme. My Acme paint job, minus the custom built built frame, is coming up on 2 years.



A great day, a great ride and a great group of people.

55/Rad

reneuend

thanks for sharing the ride pics! Looks like a great time!

RoadToad

Wow, what a great time! Glad you all had fun... and took some fun pictures!

Miller2

Looks like fun! Wish I had some roads like that around here!

roadfix

Now that's my favorite shot! Glad you all had such fun...

psuaero

Alright, I know this Acme painter is supposed to be as good as Michelangelo but what is so special about that paint job that made it take two years? I could see if it was covered in fancy swirls, intricate designs, and custom artwork but from this pic it looks pretty standard.

PS: No offense to dls333. Nice fixie.

ZachS

waiting list. duh.

55/Rad

dls333's Vanilla was 2 years to build the entire frame/bike, including the paint. My paint job alone, is coming up on 2 years. And yes, there is a bit of a difference in the paint schemes between the 2 bikes.

To each his own. If you want it done faster and cheaper, go somewhere else.

I'll tell you what though, dls333 can certainly climb on that fixie.

55/Rad

shabbis

The Starbucks on Scholls, ride by there often on my way out to Bald Peak.

dtrain

Great ride once again, PDX'ers. Good to see some familiar faces and meet some new folks. I'm sure I'll see many of you soon as I plan to ride the Monster Cookie and (likely) the Ride Around Clark County.

A few special thanks:
- to 55/Rad for working out the details
- to 55/Rad and PedalMasher for a great route
- to PedalMasher for taking a look back and helping me get safely into Starbucks (I was hurting a bit trying to ride a slow leaking rear tube into that headwind and over that ridge)
- to all for a really great group and ride
- to the weatherman

Sorry that I had to bail three-quarters of the way in. I was really pushing my luck with time. My wife called just a few minutes after we left Starbucks and was a little upset that I wasn't back to the car yet (I didn't tell her that we weren't even that close). So when we dipped south to Greenburg Road, I figured I could shave off a fair amount of time by riding with the wind (mostly) at my back down 72nd and Boones Ferry to Wilsonville. Besides the hasty departure (and some transportation logistics early this morning), it worked out just fine. My route totaled 48.2 miles, but I was in the shower by 1:20 and in Salem (for my niece's birthday party) just a few minutes after 2.

iansir

Whats the gearing on that fixie?

timmyquest

Oh how i love stereotypes

Patriot

Well, the Mrs. looks pretty darn good, but I gotta say, those socks of mine are enough have me strung up at high noon for violating the poseur laws.

Flywolf

Great pictures guys, thanks for sharing, its always nice to see pictures of BF members out riding.

GuitarWizard

I hate living on the wrong side of the country.

ZachS

yeah, please see the location just to the left of here. damn these pics make me homesick.

dls333

Thanks again to Rad and gonesh9 for the pics. For my first group ride I don't think I could have picked a better day or a better group.

Thanks also to Paolo for hanging back and helping with 2 of my 3 flats! By the time I got the third, Paolo was gone and I had to call the sag wagon (girlfriend). Definitely a learning experience.

To clear up a few things:

-The gearing on my fixie is 59/18 or about 71.2 gear inches.
-I do not climb well. Rad's being generous.
-After looking at some dates, I figured it took about 16 mos. from deposit to completion of my Vanilla. The wait time might be longer now, but I encourage anyone in the market for a new bike to check them out. I'm obviously biased though...

Looking forward to riding again,

Danny

formulaben

Oh geez, real men use fixed-gear. What a poseur! Nice ride! Now I'll have an even harder time keeping up!! Wish I could have made it guys...I'll just have to suck it up on the Cookie.