My partner and I had originally planned to ride the Snoqualmie Tunnel together, but she was too afraid of it. However, I was still able to follow our original plan and meet her in North Bend after riding the length of Iron Horse State Park.
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Started with a good warmup over Capitol, First, and Beacon Hills, followed by an easy ride over the new Eastrail. Was hoping to loop the whole lake, but it started to rain, so I decided to head home over the SR-520 Trail.
I'd been fighting with my camera's SD cards that date back to 2013 or so, and this ride finally got me to ditch them and order new ones. Thankfully, I had one younger SD card on hand to get me through the ride.
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I had high hopes for riding to Wilkeson and back, only for the weather to have other ideas.
While it started off well enough, a combination of rain, wind, and saddle position problems made this ride less than fun towards the end.
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Let's be honest, I just wanted to put my new Schwalbe Thunder Burts to good use.
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I had a couple of choices for the ride this time around: The Palouse to Cascades Trail to the Snoqualmie Pass Tunnel, or the North Fork Snoqualmie Road. For the first part of the ride, I left both options open, but by the time I got to where the routes forked, I decided on the former.
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A short spin on a familiar trail.
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This is the first ride other than a commute that I'd done on my Crust Romanceur since having the fenders and tires swapped. After much deliberation, I decided to switch to the Schwalbe Thunder Burt, which was recently discontinued in 26", so I eventually got a second pair for when these wear out.
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Originally planned to head out to Snoqualmie Pass, but decided to see the valley instead.
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I had originally planned to ride to the Snoqualmie Pass Tunnel and back before the snow threatened the open status of it, but when I got onto the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, I decided that I'd rather ride that instead. I couldn't get home too late due to evening plans with my partner, so this presented less risk, too.
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My original plan was to simply check out the new additions to the Olympic Discovery Trail, but the allure of going all the way to Sequim pulled me into a double metric century.
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I finally summitted the pass that had been eluding me for years!
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I've been talking about going to Stevens Pass for many years. On my first ride out to Skykomish, my plan was to get to Scenic at least, but it was just too far. I'm glad I split it up into multiple days: the last five miles to the pass are a real doozy! It also gave me time to check out some sights I would've missed otherwise.
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Always a fun time!
I'd strongly recommend taking a look at these older albums, as there are photos of things in them that I didn't get in the latest album above.
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A nice little snack of a ride.
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Largely one of my past rides done in reverse past Belfair.
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I'd gone toward Tahuya along the river few times, but I'd never gone up the river before.
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Headed out past Index again.
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The road sure has changed since they paved it!
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Actually doing a ride I would've done years ago!
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It's been a while since I've last crossed Puget Sound, so I thought this world be the perfect opportunity!
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Not quite to Barlow Pass, but definitely a beautiful ride!
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After getting sunburned on my previous long ride, my partner pushed the idea of sunscreen and I listened this time.
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Another nice ride, this time through farmland!
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An easy ride on a beautiful day.
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This was the first ride with my new René Herse crankset, with 42/26 rings and an 11-34t cassette. I definitely preferred the gear range with this setup.
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