Events

After the last poker ride went so well, GravelTech is pleased to announce the New Year's Day Poker Ride.

What: A group ride/pub crawl stopping at four bars. Riders are dealt cards along the way. We're changing the rules a little to mix things up. The basic idea is that at the last stop you'll have to find another rider with a hand that compliments yours and combine cards to make the best hand possible.
When: Sunday January 1st, meet at 3pm, ride at 3:15pm. Hopefully, you'll be able to shake off that hang over by then
Where: Meet on the Esplanade, under the Hawthorne Bridge's east end.

I'm pleased to tell you that GravelTech's first poker ride was a raging success. I had two fears going into it, that no-one would show up or that 50 people would show up. Happily neither was the case. The fine folks at the Willy Week even saw fit to designate it their Saturday pick for the outdoors section.

GravelTech is pleased to announce the Thanksgiving Poker Ride.

What: A group ride during which riders stop at four bars and cards are dealt at each stop along the way. The person with the best hand at the end wins the pot.
When: Saturday November 26th, meet at 3pm, ride at 3:15pm
Where: Meet under the Hawthorne Bridge's east end

Saturday, October 29th was another, excellent day to be a cyclist in Portland with a full day of riding in two events. The first was an urban single-speed mountain bike ride and the second, a zombie themed alleycat.

My NOISE photos
R. Kelly's photos
Dabby's photos

GravelTech is proud to announce the third annual NOISE!

What: An urban single speed adventure. Come explore some secret and not so secret urban offroad riding. Even though it's a single speed event you can ride what you've got. If you promise not to shift, we promise not to say anything about your gears.
When: Noon to 5-ish on Saturday, October 29th, 2005
Where: The Fresh Pot on North Mississippi

There's going to be a memorial ride for Kristine tonight. People are meetin up at Berbati's from 17:00-17:30. I'm told it'll be a pretty short ride.

I ended up talking to someone from KGW about Kristine. They'll be airing a story on her tonight at 6pm. They'd seen the photos and contacted me to find someone who'd speak with them. I wish I could have found someone who knew her better. It was a pretty short deadline and couldn't find anyone who knew her and really wanted to talk to them so I stepped up. If anyone can tape it I'm interested in seeing how it turned out.

Update: photos are on Flickr:

GravelTech is please to announce that the 2nd annual NOISE (Northwest One-speed International Solidarity Event) will take place in Portland Oregon on Saturday October 23rd.

Daytime Activities begin at 11:00AM at the Fresh Pot on N. Mississippi. At noon we'll ride to the super secret rally point. Along the way we'll take an abbreviated tour of Portland's finest Superfund sites.

Evening Activities will ensue at 9:00PM at the Paragon Club:

• Tireless drag racing!
• DERBY!
• Rim-riding skid competition!
• Talent show.

A brisk gray Portland Saturday morning served as a setting for the N.O.I.S.E. (Northwest One-speed International Solidarity Event). While the international single-speed jet set rode in the glowing Australian spring, twenty-odd dedicated derelicts assembled in North Portland to ride to the secret rally spot for some off road fun. After riding five miles to Pier Park, they swilled cheap beer, smoked too many cigarettes and talked smack until the junior high school cross-country runners cleared the trail. When the Black Cats exploded the riders were off in a Le-Mans running start, and four laps to glory.