Oakland <==> Portland 9/6 - 9/8/2019

[erensi]

Hi everyone. I plan to ride up to Portland and back this upcoming weekend Fri 9/6 - Sun 9/8. I don't work Friday or Monday so so potentially I can extend the trip to Thurs 9/5 - Mon 9/9.

I will be going up there to accompany my dragon boat team to the Portland Dragon Boat Festival https://g.co/kgs/GQpQV8


If you want to ride up there with me then reply or DM me. I have never done this before so I welcome any suggestions about how to do this.

I will be riding the Shitbike.

Efrem

 

[budman]

Did you mean September?? your dates say August.

 

[erensi]

Did you mean September?? your dates say August.

Oops. Fixed. Thanks!

 

[ichabodnt650]

700 miles each way ... just I-5 up and back?

 

[erensi]

yeah not into wearing my tires square. I want more turning.

 

[ichabodnt650]

Check for fire activity → https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents
Check for road closures → http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/
Price motel vacancies/prices
Split that 700-mile over two days so you don't have to slab as much

 

[erensi]

We did it! Me and the Shitbike 650 rode up to Portland and back. It took all day Friday to get there and all day Monday to come back. I did it without an overnight break. It was about 10 hours of riding both ways, with 10-15 minute breaks every hour. Surprisingly I did not feel sore at all, but I attribute that to regular yoga practice! Upward dog and Wheel are great poses to counter the cramped riding position. Would definitely do again, although I might go for cheaper tires next time. I spent most of the trip without much cornering, even on HWY 101 on the way back.

The gif was generated by my Heatflask app
https://heatflask.herokuapp.com/15972102?id=2686217409%202695184443&autozoom=1&c1=1000000&c2=200&sz=2&baselayer=CartoDB.DarkMatter

I realized after the first 2 hours that I was going to have to do something about my hands getting numb from handlebar vibration, so I stopped at Cycle Gear in Chico. The solution was the throttle wing/lever thing that you can see on the throttle here.

With this cool little device you don't have to grip the throttle that much. Just push down a bit with your palm. After that, no numb hands at all even after 10 hours of riding!

It was raining when I left Portland and it rained all the way down to Eugene.

The Shitbike is awesome! It just goes and goes. It's got something like a million miles on it now.

 

[budman]

:cool

Pretty hardcore.