BikingBrian

Category: Bicycling

  • Open Street Maps for Garmin Edge 800

    I just picked up a Garmin Edge 800. It has mapping capabilities, but to make a long story short, you need to install maps. If you haven’t done so already, read DC Rainmaker’s excellent post for background. There’s a couple of sites which give advice on downloading free Open Street Maps.

  • Oregon Coast Tour: Travel Home and Final Thoughts

    One last update before I turn off the auto-posting to Facebook and Twitter. Having just cycled the Oregon coast, as well as the Northern California coast two years ago, here’s a wrap-up with various thoughts.

  • Day 7: Crater Lake Rim Road, 33 miles

    Today’s route: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1479689 I’ll pick up the story from where I left off late Saturday afternoon. My flight home from Crescent City is Monday afternoon, with no chance of getting an earlier flight. Rather than stay in Crescent City for two nights, I rented a car and drove to Grants Pass, Oregon. Then on Sunday I…

  • Day 6: Gold Beach OR to Crescent City CA, 64 miles

    Today’s route: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1479688 We were off and running for my final day of the trip!

  • Day 5: North Bend to Gold Beach, 90 miles

    Today’s route: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1479686 Last night Clint and I had looked at the maps closely and were unpleasantly surprised that we would have a 93 mile day today! Somehow we thought it was more like 70-80 miles. Well, we would have to make the best of it by leaving early and having a shorter bailout option in…

  • Day 4: Florence to North Bend, 49 miles

    Today’s route: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1479685 Today began with sunny skies and a tailwind from the north, though not as strong as yesterday’s. Clint and I felt bad for the northbound cyclists yesterday who were riding uphill into the wind. While taking a break on the climb out of Florence, we saw a couple of other cyclists going…

  • Day 3: Newport to Florence, 51 miles

    Today’s route: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1479684 Clint and I rode together again today. Nye Beach was a better “start” photo than the hotel.

  • Day 2: Tillamook to Newport, 83 miles

    Today’s route: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1479683 Long day today. So this report will have more photos and fewer words. Clint and I decided to ride together again today. We’re pretty evenly matched as far as speed and daily riding distance.

  • Day 1: Astoria to Tillamook, 73 miles

    Today’s route: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1479682 After breakfast I went for a walk to downtown Astoria.

  • Day 0: Travel to Oregon

    Today was the travel day to Oregon. To recap, I shipped the bike to Portland via Amtrak, shipped a box with my gear to FedEx, and then take a single pannier on the flight with me. The original plan was to retrieve just the bike upon arrival, load the pannier and ride around town for…