#threespeedoct2017

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Half-way through #threespeedadvapr2020 Week Four: Three Speeds Carrying Stuff. For today's entry, I go back to my #threespeedcamping trip I did with The Boulanger during #threespeedoct2017 We packed our three speeds (Todd: @bromptonbicycle Me: #raleighsuperbe ) and rode up to Battle Ground Lake State Park in Clark County, Washington. It was a fun trip. This was the only time I tried the #pseudobikepacking setup on the Superbe: A nice small saddlebag by @treetopgoods on the front, and the classic Camper Longflap by @carradicebags on the back. It worked! Now longing for the time to go #bikecamping again, #threespeed or no.

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Two rides today! (Which I’ll count as one, since they were only two hours apart.)

First up was 4 miles to the local bike shop and back on the Burke-Gilman trail. Why? Because in changing my flat yesterday, I mucked up something in my chainline and my chain was slapping my chainguard. My anti-turn washer was ground a little narrower so it fit better in my dropouts, things shifted back, and now the noise is gone.

Next up, seven miles from my place in Fremont downtown to King Street Station to catch the train.

The ride was nice (and I always love a chance to ride the 2nd ave cycletrack. At least in the downhill direction.) Well, except for the part where I was almost hit by a city bus.  Pine street has a new bike lane, running along the left side of the one-way-street, to connect cyclists up to the 2nd ave cycletrack. I was rolling along in it today for the first time, very excited to see it, when a bus took a left turn across the lane without checking.

Fortunately, I was going fast enough to make it around the front of the bus before I got run over. Made it to the train, and now I’m heading north to visit my grandmother!

So my total today was 11 miles, and on a nice sunny day too. 

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Ready for the Oct Challenge!  

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Three speed camping bikes: Todd B's Brompton, my Raleigh Superbe. #threespeedoct2017 #threespeedbikecamping #bikecamping #touringbike #campingbike #threespeedtouring #raleighsuperbe #threespeed #societyofthreespeeds (at Battle Ground, Washington)

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The obligatory palm tree of this morning's commute. #threespeedoct2017 #threespeed #threespeedcommute #raleighsuperbe #palmtreesofportland (at Portland Hawthorne Hostel)

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A moody Saturday morning self portrait on the way to work. #selfportrait #threespeedoct2017 #threespeedcommute #threespeed #societyofthreespeeds (at Laurelhurst Park)

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Clark County bucolia. #threespeedbikecamping #threespeedoct2017 #threespeedtouring #societyofthreespeeds #threespeed #bikecamping (at Brush Prairie, Washington)

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Here I go again? This time...Three Speed bike camping! To Battle Ground Lake!🙌⛺ #threespeedoct2017 #threespeed #bikecamping #threespeedbikecamping #societyofthreespeeds (at Interstate Bridge)

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Thursday morning, here I come!😃 #threespeedoct2017 #threespeedcommute #societyofthreespeeds #raleighsuperbe #threespeed (at Portland Hawthorne Hostel)

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Yep, the Three Speed October Challenge starts tomorrow, Saturday October 1st! Ride your three speed three times a week for three weeks, each ride at least three miles. Full details via link in profile. Remember to tag your entries #threespeedoct2017 (at NE Portland Area)

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These cool October mornings mean sweater weather is back! #threespeedoct2017 #selfportrait #raleighsuperbe (at Portland Hawthorne Hostel)

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Fall is falling. #threespeedoct2017 (at Irvington, Portland, Oregon)

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Three Speed October is GO! Wearing my appropriate Three Speed shirt and riding the Raleigh Superbe. #threespeedoct2017 #societyofthreespeeds #threespeedmafia #threespeed #raleighsuperbe #selfportrait (at Farragut City Park)

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I'm wearing a #harristweed jacket not just because I wish I was at the Tweed Rides in either Bellingham or Kansas City today. No, more because a Tweed jacket is pretty darn practical when it's 45F/7C out!😀 Also, celebrating the penultimate day of the #threespeedoct2017 challenge with the Raleigh Superbe! #raleighsuperbe #tweed #tweedrideeveryride #threespeedoct2017 #tweedridebellingham #kansascitytweedride #selfportrait (at Woodlawn, Portland)

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The unintentionally dramatic self portrait. #selfportrait #threespeedoct2017 #societyofthreespeeds (at Peninsula Park)

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#threespeedoct2017 Week 1, Day 3: Tuesday October 3

This week is looking beautiful in these parts: sunny, with highs in the high 60's to low 70's. Nice for October. And while I ride in most kinds of weather, there is something about riding on a nice sunny day, especially when you know that winter is coming.

I had to work the PM shift at the hostel, which starts at 3. I spent the morning at home working on stuff. I hit the high road around 1:30 PM and hopped on the Raleigh Superbe. I opted to take the "longer route" which takes N Vancouver Ave south to the waterfront, where I hook up with the Eastbank Esplanade and then work my way through inner SE.

N Vancouver is definitely expedient with its nice bike lane, and consistent downhill from the summit of N Alberta St. But it's not the most scenic ride, and the lights are poorly timed for bikes (I seem to hit every red light.) The scenicness starts when I get to the Steel Bridge, where I can take the Eastbank Esplanade along the Willamette River for about a mile and a half. It's a popular place to bike, run, walk, and there was definitely a bunch of people using it. It doesn't hurt that there's a nice backdrop!

From there, I headed east through Southeast Industrial, stopping by the P O Box for mail, and the market for food. I managed to get to work right on time.

The commute in was 7.4 miles, not too shabby! (Please note: my commute from work tonight is very short, so I'm not counting it as part of the total ride.)