Troy Boliger is from the Mt. Tabor Ward and he is organizing a group of bikers to do regular practice rides every Thursday and some Saturdays. He plans on meeting Thursdays at 6:30 pm and Saturdays in the morning (depending on the sun). The Thursday rides are usually 10-30 miles, depending on daylight, and the Saturday ones are 35-70 miles. The rides will be within the SE Portland, Clackamas Area. He has also recommended some other long distance rides to help prepare for the Bike to the Beach Trip:
Reach The Beach
Saturday May 16, 2009. This would be a great ride in preparation for the Seattle to Portland. This ride is to support American Lung Assoiciation of Oregon. There are 4 distances to choose from: Grand Ronde Road (26 miles), Amity (55 miles), Salem (77 miles) or Portland (100 mile).
You can go to http://rtb.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=294027 to register.
The cost is $25 plus each rider is asked to raise another $50 in donations for the cause, or pay it yourself.
Seattle to Portland
Saturday and Sunday July 11-12, 2009. Some people have expressed an interest in riding Friday and Saturday instead. I have contacted the race director and this is acceptable. This is 200 miles in 2 days.
You can register at http://www.cascade.org/EandR/stp/index.cfm. A ride guide is attached. The fee is $95. When you register you can authorize Troy Bolinger to pick up your packet. He will be picking up all of the packets at once on June 27th then meet with those going to discuss the details.
Please leave a comment below let me know if you know of any other rides you think we should do as a group. I will try to post any new information as soon as I get it but if you want to be part of the email group or ask Troy when and where he is meeting for the rides during a given week just send him an email (troy@troybolinger.com).
The Editor,
Drew Magleby
