Endurance

Search This Blog

Race Across Oregon 2009 Photos

August 25, 2009

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

RAO Photos Tx much to Jason for taking these. Takes me back to the fun and the pain ;)

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Bike Set Up for Hoodoo 500 Voyager

Having never set up or used Panniers, its been a bit of a learning experience to figure out what to get. Met some nice people at the Los Altos Bike Outfitter, but they really had no clue what a good set up would be for a modern road bike without eyelets. I did a bit of research and have settled for the Axiom Streamliner Road Rack based on the fact that it was designed for road bikes w/o eyelets. The price was shockingly cheap at $25.00 on Amazon, which is less than a quarter of what I might have picked up at the shop today. This will be critical to a successful Voyager ride and I hope I can figure out a light and solid solution pretty quickly. Going to do a night ride tonight. Harwood, Hicks Both Sides, Reynolds Road, BlackBerry, Aztec Ridge, Black Road, Soda Springs, MonteVina and Bohlman. Should be a nice little ride. I wanted to load up the panniers for specific Hoodoo Voyager training, but will have to wear a heavy backpack instead. Ended up only doing Harwood, Hicks

Trona 353 TT Bike vs Road Bike with AeroBars

New Postition post Trona 353

Race Across Oregon 2009

Start – Hood River, OR Best Western to Time Station #1 Tygh Valley (73.4 miles) The Race Across Oregon in 2009 started in Hood River Oregon. The neutral start was led by George Thomas from the parking lot of Best Western out up some steep side streets through orchards to Hwy 35 which snakes slowly up the East side of Mt. Hood. Hwy 35 is an easy 5-6% climb that goes on for a long time. I met the crew at mile 18 or so and loaded up with some supplies and kept riding for the summit at Bennett Pass. Descended Bennett Pass which was a nice and fast descent to Hwy 48 which we hung a left to head out to Tygh Valley. This section was easy to descend and the climbs were not too steep. I was riding with James Cox and he mentioned his crew was meeting him at Tygh Valley because he figured he would not need support this early on in the race. Talk about hard core. We were riding through drier terrain and the trees were starting to thin out. I was moving well as we finally hit Tygh Va

Powered by Blogger