[OrRando] Re: [Randon] Re: Glacier Bound Riders

[Keith Kohan]

I think we'd have to get an official International Randonneuring ruling on this one :)  If your stairs in Melbourne are like the Sydney Harbor Bridge steps then they have a semi-usable ramp, not just steps.  As I recall it's a good test of the brakes coming down.

Peter Mathews <peter.mathews at adm.monash.edu.au> wrote:  
G'day Michael

Maybe the first set of steps on your continent, but here in Melbourne we 
have a regular bike path event which includes a couple of killer sets of 
steps. One is slightly more user friendly than the other as it includes 
a little track beside the steps you can wheel the bike up. The you bump 
or carry and is just plain ugly!

Cheers,
Peter

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Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> All,
>
> Yesterday 35 riders left the Portland (Ore) metro area for a 1000K Grand
> Randonnee[1]. Their first 50 miles were on the Old Columbia Highway. This
> included, we assert, the first ever flight of stairs included in 
> the official brevet route. After the nicely shaded intro they crossed the
> Bridge of the Gods into the drier climes of Washington state. Like salmon the 
> riders persistently rode up the Columbia River, passing dams, a Stonehenge
> replica, wineries and fireworks stands. Temps were in the mid 90s and
> services widely spaced. They finished the first day riding after traversing
> 400K and coming to the edge of the Palouse wheat growing mecca.
>
> Today they'll cross the Palouse and enter northern Idaho with an goal of
> mining town Kellogg. After another night's, or hour's, sleep they'll set out
> for the ultimate destination of Whitefish, Montana on the edge of Glacier
> national park.
>
> You can track their progress at http://www.orrandonneurs.org/
> We have riders from Texas, California, British Columbia, Washington and
> Oregon.
>
> [1] If 1000K does not qualify as a Grande Randonnee I await clarification from
> Bill Bryant.
>
> 

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