There’s options to make it more real. If you park somewhere down by the Hood Canal, it’ll add like 5+ miles and 1000’ vert.
Also, Potlatch State Park is 12 miles from the trailhead on the map. You could work in staying there the nights before and after. They’ve got nice hiker/biker sites.
Sometimes after a stressful day I’ll ride over the docks and look at the boats and planes as the sun goes down. It’s pretty nice.
The Sunday before Labor Day is apparently a low traffic day. Here are some mediocre photos.
Bonus bike cheesecake
dog park is coming along nicely.
getting a bit sketchy on 32 slicks with fenders
Rode bikes and fished below the falls near town. Caught some cutthroat. Saw a guy catch a 3.5 foot Chinook. It was nuts.
Last gravel ride before school starts.
48 miles all on gravel. Some of it was terrible but at least half was nice. Weather was good.
I was just wondering today if you’d had a chance to use your tenkara rig yet
Still waiting on shipping but hopefully should get here this week. Using this for the time being.
spent most of the long weekend on the bike. was lovely. having my hood tear straight down the middle with 25 miles left was unpleasant.
i rode a new trail that looked like it connected to a road. it didn’t. so i hiked up a very steep embankment in full kit with my road bike. wouldn’t do it again but it was worth it
Refamiliarizing myself with the platonic ideal of a 700c tire:
Not actually in the country; I was doing errands on the mighty 3-speed, and I’d forgotten just how sprightly that thing is when the Nomads are at 80+ psi. I think I’d need a wider range 3-speed if I took this thing up to Ripplebrook, because I’d need to spin like mad for an awful long time to keep a good loop time, but for short 10-30 mile loops it’s fine as it is.
Is it a Sturmey Archer?
Ayup. A srf (I think)
Pre rode a lap of the upcoming gravel state championship race with some friends. It rained heavily pretty much the entire time.
Destroyed what was left of the organic OEM pads in the Growtacs. Had to stop to eek out a bit of pad with the adjusters after having brakes completely go away at bad times.
Course is going to be an absolute ripper regardless of conditions, but it was nice to get a lap in during what is likely worse than race day 
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Note to self… fresh pads and rotors shortly before race day. SMH.
