Bicycle picture of the day
I had to do some shopping at Trader Joe’s, I needed to go to Kobos to get some more tea, and my friends Ed & Michael were planning on going for a sociable ramble up to the Pittock Mansion, which is more or less between Trader Joe’s and Kobos. So I decided to kill three birds with one stone; first I went to Trader Joe’s, then I climbed up the steep way to the Pittock Mansion, and then I went to Kobos.
I added “climbing the hill to Pittock Mansion in my big ring” to the short list of climbs I’ve done in the big ring (Portland-Ripplebrook-Portland, the High Rock 300, One Big Hill & Silver Falls; the first two were done on the mlcm, which is geared somewhat lower than the 48×26 – about 50 gear inches – of the project bike) this year. No, I’m not sure why I did this, except maybe it’s because I can.
I’m around 11,500 miles for the year, with 11394km’s worth of RUSA miles (thanks to the ride down to Silver Falls on Sunday.) 900 miles, more or less, and I’ll be at 20Mm for the year with a comfortable margin over 10Mm in RUSA miles.