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Today I went on a ride with several engineering friends. We did the Alsea Falls loop where we found car after car to slow our progress. Even with the less than fast roads, it was still quite a bit of fun. In Belfountain we stopped for a photo of our Engineering Biker Gang.
I went on a quick ride around the Alsea Falls loop this morning. Total distance was about 64 miles. It got pretty scary at one point when I pulled into an access road, found a gate, and discovered my bike was pointed on a steep decline toward the gate. It took all my strength to slowly inch my way back up the hill enough to get the bike turned around. Were my legs not stronger from years of cycling, I would have had to dump the bike and wait for someone to help me get it up and turned around. Not a pretty prospect when in the middle of nowhere! The entire time I was up there I only saw one other car.
In the future I will pay more attention to where I am stopping so I can make sure to always either be on flat ground or else be able to pull around in a circle under power.