Portland Bike Vacation

Wow! I just came back on New Years Eve from visiting Portland, Oregon for 6 days and I had an awesome time experiencing their bike community. I'm tired from riding the trails, bike lanes and sharrows of Portland and the surrounding cities, as well as from sight-seeing; and excited because it was such an eye-opening experience to see what can be done to make cities truly bikeable. I'll post more about my adventures this week.

Enjoy the journey!

Christmas Candlelight Tour

The Saturday night Rancho Los Cerritos Christmas Candlelight Tour in Bixby Knolls was a real treat! This year was my first time attending and Eric and I rode our bikes from my house up to Bixby Knolls and had a fun time doing it. I've been breaking in my "new" vintage 3 Speed Schwinn and it is definitely different from riding on my rode bike. I still need to confirm this, but based on my research, my bike is either a 1955 or 1957 Schwinn made out of good ole' American steel. So it is very heavy compared to my aluminum Trek rode bike, and makes for challenging climbs even on small hills. Even with that, and issues transporting it, I have a ball riding it around town. Eric cleaned it up and got it in working condition with a cute new seat, basket and bell, so now I can roll around town in style on my spruced up vintage Schwinn. Now that's hot! Lol!

Enjoy the journey!