Oregon Coast ride
This weekend’s mission: ride from PDX to the coast and scope out the route for the first stage of LIOTR. Secret rocky beach path sprints optional. (at Nehalem Bay State Park)
LIOTR on the Rapha blog
Our presenting sponsor Rapha has done an awesome piece about Leave It On The Road. Thanks to the one and only Jeremy Dunn for capturing the spirit of the ride perfectly. Go check it out!
Recent Rides
Technically it is spring now but you would hardly know it from the temps in Portland. The riding cannot stop on account of the weather. With the needle stuck in the mid 40’s, the rain is worse than snow and extreme cold. It seeps through every seam, finds skin, and collaborates with the wind to reduce you to nothing but exposed nerves and bone. The faster you get, the colder you are. But that makes the clear days more special. Low 50’s feels like high 70’s. A six hour ride feels like six instead of twelve and you wonder if you can’t go on forever. Today I hit the 2,000 mile mark for the year with the sun shining. The rain will return, but no matter. The riding cannot stop on account of the weather.
Wieden+Kennedy
Where I spend most of my time. Thank you for supporting Leave It On The Road.
NEW CO-PRESENTING SPONSOR!
WE WILL BE RIDING SPEEDVAGEN ROAD BIKES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES!! We are so honored to welcome The Vanilla Workshop as co-presenting sponsors. Sacha and his talented crew will be designing and building full custom Speedvagen road bikes for our journey. These bikes are our weapons in the fight against colon cancer. We’ll be sharing the complete design and build process between now and June so stay tuned!
NEW SPONSOR!!
Without coffee, there cannot be cycling, which is why we are so excited to welcome Grimpeur Bros as LIOTR sponsors! We have awesome things planned with these guys and we can’t wait to share them as we get closer to the ride in June. Thanks for your support!
March third.
Today would have been my father’s 61st birthday. It is hard not feel angry. Hard not to feel bitter and cheated. Hard not to feel like the cancer won. But my dad never let that get the best of him while he fought for 11 years. He was always positive, right up until his final days. And sometimes I have to remind myself of that. We called this ride Leave It On The Road because we’re going to leave all the negatives behind and make room for something positive. That is what my father would have done. Happy 61st dad. And fuck cancer.
Rapha SS13
Rapha have just announced their 2013 spring & summer line, and it is looking good. Take a peak at the lookbook to get a preview of the kit we’ll be riding in this summer.
Bend, OR
Some shots of this weekend’s training activities in Bend, OR. Birthday boys Michael, Patrick & Kyle did about 150 miles of riding in two days and caught some epic scenery.
Sundays are flat & fast days. (at Sauvie Island)