Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
Cycle Oregon has been through my backyard a few times. While I have never been a part of it, I have ridden along and contra-flow to it a couple of times. People seem to start out at various times in the morning, so the 2000 riders are spread out quite a ways. It never seemed like a large mass of folks. I'm sure it's a different story at their camps, but not on the roads where I have seen/ridden with them.
Well, they set up some kind of rest stop south of Silver Lake in the Oregon Outback while I was trying to get through the opposite way. The handful of vehicles on this remote road trying to get through the other way were blocked for over 45 minutes. And it's not just 2K bicycles - it's 2K bicycles and all the support vehicles.
Believe me, I'm not anti-bicycle touring and if folks want to go on a ride with this large a group, more power to them. But it is a HUGE group, no matter how strung out. A previous poster gave the flavor of it pretty well - it appeals if you want to attend a festival like atmosphere for a week.
- Mark