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  • Day 1: Port Angeles WA, 50 miles

    Today’s route: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. The Coast hotel near Vancouver airport worked well for this one night stay. Then, aside from some navigational challenges to get to the bike path on the Alex Fraser Bridge, it was 30 miles of uneventful riding through the Vancouver suburbs and farms in order to…

  • Day 0: Final Preparations and Travel to Vancouver BC

    First, some developments from the past few days of preparation. Unlike most of these trips, I may be doing enough camping to make a stove worthwhile. I dusted off my old stove, and while it still works, it seemed like a bit overkill for this trip.

  • Washington Coast Bicycle Tour: Preparations

    Another bike trip is coming this summer. Soon I fly with my bike to Vancouver, British Columbia. Then, via a combination of ferries and riding, I will end up in Port Angeles, Washington, which will be the “real” beginning of the trip. From there, I will ride around the Olympic Peninsula and down the coast…

  • Oregon Coast Bicycle Tour Video

    I’m finally done with the video from this summer’s Oregon Coast Bicycle Tour! This summer’s journal entries are here. Oregon Coast Bicycle Tour 2013 from Biking Brian on Vimeo.

  • Bike Friday – a Review after Ten Years

    I previously had an S&S coupled bike which I used for travel. Although the detachable frame couplers are a solid design, the downside is that the assembly/disassembly time for the bike was quite excessive for short trips. This post on the impracticality of S&S couplers for most people pretty much echoes my views. Sometime around 2003 (?), I…

  • Mounting a Ham Radio Antenna on a Bicycle

    My initial interest for mounting an antenna on the bike was to do on-bike radio support (I am a licensed ham radio operator) for charity bicycle rides. First Generation Setup – October 2012 I started with a Comet SBB5 antenna. It does not require a ground plane, giving me more flexibility with mounting options. I…

  • 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!

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