Northwest Cycle News

Fossil, OR
Labor Day weekend, 2007
Carolyn had left San Francisco with her friend Jenny on Thursday the 30th and made her way north. Meanwhile, I would leave my house on Saturday morning and meet them “in the middle”, the “middle” being La Pine, OR. It was only a 6-hour ride to La Pine from Seattle, including [...]

It’s taken me a while to get this written up. With the weather turning to yuck again, I thought back to this ride, one of the best that I had this season, and figured I had better get it done.
The morning began under skies the color of oxidized aluminum. I woke early and quietly got [...]

Wolf Haven International’s 5th Annual Run with the Wolves was a huge success thanks to the Washington State motorcycle community and generous local sponsors.
Over 400 riders participated in this classic Poker Run fundraiser for Wolf Haven International in Tenino, WA.  This is an increase of close to 400% compared to the 2006 ride.  Riders came [...]

May 13, 2007
Total Miles: 268 miles, 1 day
Seattle, WA to Quilcene, WA
My friend Chris from Olympia and I were planning on exploring a bit of mud last weekend and had decided to head for the Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula. The plan started out as a weekend ride with camping tossed in for the [...]

The “Odessa 100″ is a two-day even put on by Stumpjumpers, a local (’Central Washington’ local) motorcycle club that’s been putting on this event for the last 37 years. Each year it gets bigger and better. I knew very little about it other than it sounded like fun. What the heck - it was time [...]