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

[Kamp, David]

The stairs on the Historic Columbia River Highway do have a wheel trough
next to the steps.  When descending, use the rear brake or...
 
The stairs next to Bridge of the Gods can be circumvented by staying on
the ramp for autos.
 
David Kamp
Corvallis

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[mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com] On Behalf Of Keith Kohan
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 8:24 AM
To: peter.mathews at adm.monash.edu.au; Michael Rasmussen
Cc: bc-randonneurs at yahoogroups.net; randon at googlegroups.com; Seattle
Randonneurs; Oregon Randonneurs
Subject: [OrRando] Re: [Randon] Re: Glacier Bound Riders


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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