might be around; what are your dates?  Love to meet up with you!

On Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:11:15 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Interestingly enough, my summer plans are to head up to beautiful sunny 
> Portland (Minneapolis West) with the fam. Just spent a couple weeks down by 
> the beach ("shore" for you East Coast folks) where I did a lot of 29er 
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/archives/date-posted/2012/06/09/>
> tire<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/archives/date-posted/2012/06/12/>MTB
>  
> adventures<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/archives/date-posted/2012/06/13/>and
>  now have a week off before a work conf. in Sacramento (anyone around to 
> say hi?). Then a few weeks full of keeping three kids under 10 from leaving 
> permanent marks on each other, leading to a aforementioned mid-July trip up 
> north to PDX. 
>
> Was going to be me + one kid, but looks like the entire brood plus spouse 
> are going to attempt it. Will be interesting to say the least. So if any of 
> you PDX people are available are available mid-July, would love to say hi, 
> drink a beer at Hopworks, ride Forest Park, probably timed around the July 
> 22nd Parkway extravaganza.
>
> That and hang out at the community pool!!!
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It's a beautiful sunny morning here in PDX. Sadly today is my Monday and 
>> I'll be working through the weekend. Still, it's one of those days when you 
>> can feel summer on the way. Looking through Manny's and other list members' 
>> photos has me thinking about Rivish summer adventures. What are your plans? 
>> s24o's? Mixed road explorations on new roads? Bike modifications? 
>>
>> For myself I've got the Cascade 1200k next week which isn't very Rivish 
>> but after that I plan on doing the majority of the rest of my summer riding 
>> on platform pedals and in regular clothing. I'm definitely planning on 
>> doing some s24o's in the Mt Hood NF. I'll probably do Larch Mtn a couple of 
>> times. While it's a long ride from my house to the summit and back (80 
>> miles) there's nothing to keep one from just going at a reasonable pace, 
>> making a day of it and enjoying the ride. 
>>
>> As for bike mods? I'm all fired up about kickstands. I may put them on 
>> all my bikes. I put a double legger on the Hilsen yesterday and love it. 
>> Most likely that kickstand will go on my LHT and I'll get a single legger 
>> for the Hilsen. Hell, when I was on a 600k brevet last year I saw one of 
>> the faster rides had one on his bike. I was standing around looking for a 
>> place to put my bike when he rolled up to the control, put the kickstand 
>> up, got his card signed and went on his way. There was something so 
>> incongruent about the kickstand and his bike and yet it all made perfect 
>> sense. 
>>
>> I'll probably give Albatross bars a try on the Hilsen. I'm just really 
>> intrigued by that set-up.
>>
>> With my growing appreciation for rambling through summer in regular 
>> clothes I'm sure wishing RBW was selling their MUSA seersucker shirts. 
>> Those sure were a great deal. They had some nice features. I did just order 
>> a seersucker shirt with a fairly nice print through LL Bean. They have them 
>> on sale so be aware.
>>
>> Okay, that enough out of me on the glorious caffeine fueled morning.
>>
>> --mike 
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> David
> Redlands, CA
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