A bit of biking around Bend, OR. The breweries and bike lanes are plentiful, though some are on less pleasant for riding, higher-traffic streets (with somewhat hairy traffic circles West of downtown). The trails (some dirt) along the Deschutes River were nice, though.
It’s a cold and rainy Christmas evening and I’m full of a British-style roast-and-potatoes dinner, so I’m digging through photos of good past bike trips [I’ll post this some time in January when I get around to it]. Here’s a ride from mid-2009 (back when the idea of a 40-mile bike ride with hills was daunting): along the Columbia River Gorge to Multnomah Falls during a visit to Oregon. Portland is of course a city conducive to cycling in many ways (with detailed city bike maps and many places to rent bikes– I’ve rented from both Waterfront and Kerr). ...