Every summer, I inevitably catch a glimpse of my winter riding gloves and ask myself how I can possibly stand having to wear those things. From the glow of summer, I think back to days where even in all their insulated glory they failed to keep my fingers warm and …
Portland can’t make up its mind–between ridiculous monsoon downpours followed by brilliant sunshine, from sweating through my rain pants to seeing my breath swirl around me in the cold, I think the last 24 hours have had a little bit of everything. Always excited by the prospect of fun weather, …
This is not what biking in the snow in Portland is like: (image taken from http://www.icebike.org/, where the cyclists are actually hardcore:) Regardless, we did get a little taste of snow biking this morning, when the snowpocalypse predicted for Portland dumped, if not quite seven inches, at least a few …
Okay, I cheated. This picture is actually from last summer, from the North Portland Sunday Parkways. But the sunny (albeit cold) weather lately has me dreaming of nice-day, rambling rides all over town. I’ll admit I’ve taken a few long rides this week just for the sheer joy of being …
