Seattle to Portland by bicycle

Robert schmitt · Unread postby **Robert schmitt** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:33 pm

Well Zack, Becca, and who ever else that knew I was training for this I made it in one day on sat.
206 mi with an aveage speed of 20.1mph.

My butt won't be seeing a bike seat for a very, very, very long while :crying:

zack · Unread postby **zack** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:13 pm

Awesome. Every year when I watch the Tour de France I want a road bike more and more. Unfortuantely I don't have a couple thousand extra dollars laying around.

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:15 pm

Congratulations!!

What route did you take down there?

Skyin' Brian · Unread postby **Skyin' Brian** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:01 pm

zack wrote::yes: Awesome. Every year when I watch the Tour de France I want a road bike more and more. Unfortuantely I don't have a couple thousand extra dollars laying around.

you could probably get a good road bike for more like 800 to 1000 but that is still a lot of money. i was actually in a bike shop yesterday and came so close to buying one. the bike im currently riding to work every day is about 30 years old. gets the job done though.

oh, and by the way 200+ miles is amazing
great job!!!

Robert schmitt · Unread postby **Robert schmitt** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:16 pm

Becca- We basically followed I-5 on back roads never getting much more than 5mi away from it. Whith major rest stops in Spannawy, Centralia, Kelso, and Scappouse.

Zach- My bike was only $400 and you can get used ones even cheaper. In fact I may be selling it if I find a good deal on higher end bike.

zack · Unread postby **zack** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:19 pm

Robert schmitt wrote:Zach- My bike was only $400 and you can get used ones even cheaper. In fact I may be selling it if I find a good deal on higher end bike.

Wow thats cheap what is it? You're probably right I just need to ask at some of the shops about used road bikes. But does that mean I have to give up my baggies for spandex??? :eek:

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:39 pm

zack wrote:But does that mean I have to give up my baggies for spandex???

Only if you get hardcore

Skyin' Brian · Unread postby **Skyin' Brian** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:32 pm

ha, my dad is in to biking and has a jersey that matches his bike color exactly. of course, at some poing trying to ride a bike in baggy shorts becomes like pole vaulting in tennis shoes

Robert schmitt · Unread postby **Robert schmitt** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:17 pm

zack wrote:
Robert schmitt wrote:Zach- My bike was only $400 and you can get used ones even cheaper. In fact I may be selling it if I find a good deal on higher end bike.

Wow thats cheap what is it? You're probably right I just need to ask at some of the shops about used road bikes. But does that mean I have to give up my baggies for spandex???

I never thought I would wear the spndex when I Switched from MTB to road. But, why work harder than you have to?

CB · Unread postby CB » Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:30 pm

Awesome. Every year when I watch the Tour de France I want a road bike more and more. Unfortunately I don't have a couple thousand extra dollars laying around.

Tomorrow the most beautiful stage. A time trail at Alp dÃ¢â‚¬â„¢Huez.
http://www.letour.com/2004/us/index.html

Managed to ride that stage just under an hour. Tomorrow they probably will finish in less than 40 minutes.

Yeh, I am so creasy to spend the couple of thousand dollars for my bike.
It's even more expensive than my car I bought a couple of month ago

http://www.xs4all.nl/~avedam/cees/images/Dream.jpg

Robert schmitt · Unread postby **Robert schmitt** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:02 pm

Very nice bike :yes:

I'm suprised to see that you have Dura Ace. The riders in my bike club gave me the impression that everyone runs campy in Europe.

I'm envious that you have riden the Alp dÃ¢â‚¬â„¢Huez.

zack · Unread postby **zack** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:03 pm

Beautiful bike.

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