Rode the 104 mile Marcola Loop today

Earnest Bridge (near Marcola), built in 1938 (top)


View of the McKenzie River (middle)


Rode my '93 Colnago (Main Stree Cafe, Brownsville) (bottom)

Great Grand Pac Masters at the finish of RAAM!

Robic vs Wyss!

(From the RAAM website)

A video of "Fuzzy" in RAAM 2009!

Go Grand PacMasters! I met Lee at the 1997 Pacific Crest Tour.

You know "good enough"...

I miss watching Jan Ullrich

Weather Cam at Death Valley

http://www.instacam.com/InstaCAM/imagelist_by_week.asp?id=DTHVL

Another day, another Decker

Seems my favorite ride these days is the Decker Loop. And for some reason, I'm not riding my carbon bike, but my oldest (and classiest) steel bike -- the Colnago.

Last night I put its original wheels on it and a 11-25 cassette. I had planned to do the Strawberry century on it, but it was pouring down rain this morning. I just can't get that bike wet -- it'll rust.

All said, the Decker loop was just fine. Totally peaceful!

My '93 Colnago MasterLight (Campy 8-speed)

I bought it new in '93 (at the now defunct O'Neil's in Worcester, MA) and rode it up the east coast the next day in Boston-Montreal-Boston.
It's equipped with Campy Chorus 8-speed (straight-block, 11-19) and Mavic CXP-30 wheels. Gotta love those chrome lugs!

(I've since leveled the saddle -- the photo clued me in that it had slipped!)

Hay fields near Philomath, OR

On the way out to do the Decker Loop!