Hey, Just Ride 105: Terror & Dread
Bouncing down the rocky singletrack with the Umpqua River roaring more than a few hundred feet below, I slow to stop on a wide open corner with the cliffs falling straight…
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Hey, Just Ride 104: Mount Washburn
While feeling like a prisoner sentenced to paved roads of Yellowstone National Park, I did manage to find a hidden gem completely by accident: Chittenden Road. It’s a dirt…
Hey, Just Ride 103: Yellowstone Hayden Valley
Our National Parks and bicycles seem to have a rather bizarre love-hate relationship, and you need to look no further than the park system’s own marketing twist on the…
Hey, Just Ride 102: Thanksgiving
Icy gusts blasted my wind-burnt cheeks, stinging to make them feel like a pin cushion, as Mother Nature delivered an unmistakably clear message that cold winter weather had…
Hey, Just Ride 101: Perfect Moments
Buried deep in the pocket of my cutoff blue jeans shorts, my fist clenched a wad of cash that represented my life’s savings from countless hours of mowing lawns, shoveling…
Hey, Just Ride 100: Ah, Expectations
Expectations.
They are funny, really. When was the last time you had high expectations, and actually met them?
Hmmmm.
Think about it.
Tough question, isn't it?
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Hey, Just Ride 99: Is Big Better?
As the calendar marched toward Y2K and worries about the impact of technology gone wild on the world ran rampant, I didn’t hesitate for amoment in deciding to leave behind my…
Hey, Just Ride 98: Hanging on
Excuse me for getting caught up in a little nostalgia with last week’s column and this one, but if there’s a tale I tell around the campfire with a bunch of bike folks, well,…
Hey, Just Ride 97: Memorabilia
I’ve never considered myself anything more than your average Joe, although I’ve often wondered about that moniker because, as a dude named John, there are a hellava lot more…
Hey, Just Ride 96: Ride the Hiawatha
By John Rezell
At first it sounded intriguing, if not inviting.
Ride the Hiawatha, a 15-mile stretch of an abandoned railroad now a mountain bike trail carved into the…