Adventures tagged with 'Portland'...

Goodbye Portland, I’ll miss you!

 Sunday, October 2, 2011 Categories: Biking, Seattle, Travel Tags: , Dear Portland, I miss you. I miss the nights we stayed up drinking your fine micro-brews and getting my growler filled. I miss biking and exploring with you. I don't know when I'll be back, but I will...I promise! We got to know each other pretty well over the last few weeks . . . [read more]

Another Week in Portland…

 Monday, September 26, 2011 Categories: Beer, Biking, Racing Tags: , , , , Another week logged in Portland...Oregon. Not that anyone would think I'm talking about Maine. I bet Portland Maine is pretty cool though. I don't know how to begin explaining how much cool stuff there is to do in Portland. All related to bikes too! I'll sum up this past week pretty quick... Started the Professional Repair and Shop Operation course at UBI. Went to the Oregon Manifest Constructor's Design Challenge. Raced in my first cyclocross event (Battle at Barlow). Bought an insulated stainless-steel growler at Next Adventure and got a bottle-cage for it from Clever Cycles. Biked around downtown Portland, and went to some more breweries . . . [read more]

Portland BiKETOBEERFEST!

 Sunday, September 18, 2011 Categories: Beer Tags: , , , , I'm finding out that bikes and beer go together like salt & pepper, Cheech & Chong, and Beavis & Butthead. Since Portland is the biking mecca of the world, that only means one thing...they must have something great going on with beer. Right around the corner from where I'm staying at the Friendly Bike Guest House is one location of the Hopworks Urban Brewery...the bike bar! Yes...a bar dedicated to the bicyclist.   I've already been here a few times in the past week to eat and try most of their beers . . . [read more]

First Week in Portland

 Categories: Food, Travel Tags: , , After the 24-hour race in Bend, I was off to visit Portland for 3 weeks. I had signed up for bike mechanic courses at United Bicycle Institute from 9/12 to 9/30. Lodging accommodations were made at the Friendly Bike Guest House which was close to the UBI school (literally about 500 feet away). The drive from Bend to Portland after our race wasn't too bad . . . [read more]
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