Jim finishing his first 30 mile ride, originally uploaded by tajmilne.
My wife was waiting at the finish line as I came in from my longest ride to date. I had a lot of help on this one from other cyclists. My son, some friends and the great people I met through NW Butts on Bikes. This was my first time riding with anyone from the meetup group but they were very encouraging and a lot of fun to hang out with.
We rode from Gresham's Main City Park (not a very inventive name I know) all the way in to Renovo Bicycles at SE 8th and Harrison in Portland. This is where the make the most beautiful bikes I have ever seen and they make them out of wood. I have set a goal for my weight loss of course and one of these bikes will be my reward for reaching that goal. Ken, the owner of Renovo, showed us around his shop and let us take some of his bikes up and down the block to test them out. Ken was very happy to have us as visitors and showed us all around the shop, even ran the cnc machine to make a couple of wooden chain stays just so we could see it in action. My wife even joined in the fun and took one of his bamboo commuter bikes up and down the block, she wants one now. If I am not careful she will own a Renovo before I do!
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