Why exercise?

He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything

Don’t let your age control your lifestyle, let your lifestyle control your age

Suck it up and one day you won’t have to suck it in

Why cycle?

‘When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road without thought on anything but the ride you are taking’ – Arthur Conan-Doyle

‘Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving’ – Albert Einstein

‘Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls’ – Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)

‘I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again’ – Michelle Pfeiffer

‘Cycle all day and not only will you see, hear, smell, and feel the world around you but you will burn thousands of calories and be able to eat as much of whatever you want’ – Nick Pannaman

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Day 2 – June 21st – St. Helens to Welches

Day 2 – June 21st – St. Helens to Welches

74 miles ridden - 2835 feet climbed. I'll start with the highlight - the view of Mt. Hood: It was a really mixed day - the first 20 miles and last 20 miles were a bit like cycling down the A40 (UK readers) or Route 17 (US/NJ aware readers). This gets tiresome after a...

Day 1 – June 20th – Astoria to St. Helens

Day 1 – June 20th – Astoria to St. Helens

69 miles - 2,917 feet climbed - 4000 calories to be replaced! So finally we got underway. Breakfast was at 6am this morning to allow us all to pack up our stuff and get the van loaded before a group photo. The route today was quite straight forward - turn left out of...

Day 0  – 19th June – the Pacific Ocean

Day 0  – 19th June – the Pacific Ocean

Now we are all here. Today we have had all the orientation sessions about US road rules, thunderstorms, lightning etc. Most of the riders went in groups to dip our back wheels in the Pacific Ocean at Fort Stevens State Park beach. Not a long ride - 27 miles - but a...