Ice Fog & Dill Pickle (2015-11-28)

I was hoping to get a good century ride in, but the weather wasn't cooperating. I ended up bailing and hanging out at my parents' place for a couple hours before going out again. The latter part of the ride was much more enjoyable.

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This was my first ride featuring a custom Dill Pickle Gear bag I had ordered even before I'd gotten the Swift Industries bags I'd been using since July. It took a while to get done, and it sort of fell by the wayside until recently. The bag had arrived the previous week, but I didn't want to open it quite yet…until the night before this ride.

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To Index…With Friction Shifting! (2015-11-21)

On a chilly morning only a week after two major storms and floods, I headed into the Skykomish River Valley. In the end, my only problem was the saddle position, which was too low and far back.

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Skykomish (Album)

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Don't go Into the Mountains During a Storm (2015-11-14,15)

My plan on this ride was to go off-road to avoid the drone of wet car tires. I ended up with more than I had gambled for with a flood warning and wind advisory, with the worst flooding taking place precisely where I was headed. After getting banged up a few times, I visited a friend. The latter half of my ride was an exercise in hypothermia, and I gave up after my worst fall. I phoned in a ride from my parents, then rode home the next morning after recuperating.

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Preston—Snoqualmie (Album)

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Cross Kirkland Corridor (2015-10-31)

It's not connected at either end well enough to be useful in my longer rides, but since I didn't want to deal with the nasty weather during all my waking hours, I decided to check it out this time.

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5:15 Pacer to Orting (2015-10-24)

This was my Surly Pacer's first long ride, and it definitely was faster than my touring bikes!

There really isn't too much to this ride as I had to get back home for an event at a reasonable hour.

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Mount Rainier National Park via Carbon River (Album)

Wilkeson, Detour, and Too Much Caffeine (Album)

Testing Out Compass Tires (Album)

Carbon and Green Valleys II (Album)

Carbon and Green Valleys (Album)

Carbonado (Album)

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Lost in the Woods (Cedar River and Green River) (2015-10-17)

I rode out on the Cedar River Trail and down the connector trail until it sort of "vanished." After that, I wandered in the woods for a couple hours before finding a bike trail to the highway, which got me to the Green Valley. From there, getting home was easy.

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Carbon and Green Valleys (Album)

Carbon and Green Valleys II (Album)

Tacoma nd Green Valley (Album)

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Mount Rainier National Park (2015-10-11)

After having a final saddle adjustment done on my Double Cross, I did this ride. My plan was about 200 km, but since Saturday's nasty weather pushed this ride to Sunday and I had work the next day, I had to take the bus to save time on the return trip.

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Wilkeson, Detour, and Too Much Caffeine (Album)

Carbonado (Album)

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