Friday, July 28, 2023
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Hampton Opera Center , 2398 SE 2nd Pl, Portland, OR 97214
The picnic tables behind the Hampton Opera Center near the OMSI streetcar and MAX stops. (Same as last year)
Brian McGloin
Fri, Jul 28, 2023, 6:00 PM
Meet at 6:00, roll out at 6:30
Ride is a loop
Technically singletrack started as a pandemic lockdown joke for me, calling every footpath and unpaved surface "technically singletrack." Then I noticed that I can connect a footpath to an unpaved alley to an unimproved roadway to make routes around Portland. These routes are fun and often circuitous ways to get around and get away from pavement. This route is a little less than 20 miles and winds its way through Woodstock, what's left of Errol Heights, both Moorelands, Johnson Creek and whatever neighborhoods both sections of the Springwater are in. Here is the route on Ride with GPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43847053 My goal for this ride is to show an alternate view of Portland, to see it not through car-centric infrastructure but through side entrances, wallpapered-over windows* and forgotten passages. This route requires a little humor and a willingness to expand your definition of "singletrack." This is a fun no-drop cruise that has a few narrow and twisty parts but is mostly wide open. *We're not actually riding through windows, unfortunately.
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