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July 2008
Portland Mountain Bike Scene
I am in Portland OR attending OSCON 2008, I’ve brought my mountain bike. On Saturday, I had the amazing Siouxon Creek Trail ride with Gabrielle. Last night (Monday), she led me to the Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Series 2008. This was race 5 of 6. The event is held at a motor raceway. At
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Picking up Emma Jane
I finally picked up Emma Jane. The goal was to escort her from Portland airport to downtown upon her arrival. This was Emma’s first trip to Portland. I think I’ve been here 3 or 4 times now. This was planned for 2:30 PM on Monday. At about 1:10pm, I get a phone call. EJ is
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Josh Berkus goes foodie
Josh has always been a foodie. He has recently left Sun. I have it on good authority that he will be moving to Finland to work with Monty Widenius. Monty is opening a new restaurant and Josh will be helping out in various capacities. Rumor has it he will not be washing dishes or clearing
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More tidbits about the bike ride
I meant to include these tid bits in the prevoius post: Johna is an awesome rider for someone that’s never gone off road before. Shortly after we fixed Gabrielle’s single speed problem, my rear disc brake developed a very loud scraping sound. I’d heard it once before. The little clippy thing on the Avid brakes
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OSCON 2008 – the MTB prelude
Giday! I’m in Portland, for OSCON. I arrived Friday night. Saturday morning, I headed north into Washington to do some mountain biking. The trip leader was Gabrielle. She led Jonatha Leto and me into the Siouxon Creek Trail. This is described by the locals as rolling single track. Umm, yes. That’s right. Rolling. Compared to
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