Forest Grove to Troudale, Oregon
Monday, February 18th, 2002
Schedule of events:
Dinner with Juliana Furtado & Nelson Vails ($50)
February 17th 7:00 pm
McMenamin's Grand Lodge
3505 Pacific Avenue
Forest Grove, Oregon
Breakfast with Juliana Furtado & Nelson Vails ($25)
February 18th 8:00 am
Grand Lodge
Metric Century Start ($25)
February 18th 8:00 am
Grand Lodge (parking lot)
Autograph Signing
February 18th Noon
River City Bicycles
Hot Showers and Food
February 18th 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
McMenamin's Edgefield
2126 SW Halsey Street
Troutdale, Oregon
Awards at Edgefield
February 18th 3:00 pm
This ride is the culmination of a 3-day Nike Cycling Development Camp for all ages on Nike's corporate campus for anyone who wants to attend, February 15-17. This includes you! It features cycling's greatest stars, including Lance Armstrong's coach, Chris Carmichael.
Basically, this ride is a metric century from McMenamins Grand Lodge in Forest Grove across Portland to McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale. It costs $25, or whatever more you can bear, for the kids of "b.i.k.e.", collected at the ride start, and includes the ride, and a salad bar and hot shower at the ride finish.
Distances: 62 miles (A Metric Century), and 25 miles (Scenic Loop).
The 62 mile ride leaves Grand Lodge at 10:00am and ends at McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale, where there will be a free salad bar & hot showers from 2:00pm til 4:00pm, included for your donation. The 62 mile ride is a non-group ride. Contact: Gary Brannan, Member-at-Large (503) 232-3323.
The 25 mile ride begins at 1:30pm from the Gateway Park & Ride at SE 99th & Pacific, in the South Parking Lot (3 blocks North of Glisan St. Take the Glisan St. exit off I-205, or Exit 7 off I-84 East), and ends at McMenamins Edgefield. The 25 mile ride is a group ride. Contact: Wilma McNulty (503) 636-9773.
Both rides are levels A/B. Mechanical support will be provided by Curt Dewees of River City Bicycles.
NOTE: The 62 mile ride is linear, i.e. not a loop, so you will have to make your own arrangements for return transportation to the start. Gary expects to post a minivan with a capacity of 4-6 bikes at Edgefield to transport any folks who need a ride back to Grand Lodge
This is a fund raiser for the kids of "b.i.k.e.", put on by "b.i.k.e." (Bicycling and Ideas for Kids' Empowerment"). Donations of $25 or whatever you can bear are requested. Checks should be made payable to "b.i.k.e.", a non-profit organization to which all contributions are 100% tax-deductible, and will be collected by the ride leader at the ride start.
For more information, visit b.i.k.e.'s site.