The entire city (it seemed) showed up for the annual Providence Bridge Pedal early Sunday morning, August 10. This ride has several different options in length, but we chose the toughest - with 11 bridge crossings. It totaled 37 miles, with plenty of pit stops along the way for bananas, water, bagels, fruit, and cookies. Shorter options included riders of all ages and plenty of families with kids, etc. There were some nice opportunities to ride on the floor of the interstate highway (the I-405) running around the city and some other areas that cyclists would not normally choose to ride.
The bridge crossings were fabulous, as most of them were closed to cars and allowed only bicycles to cross. Our team held together quite nice and had a great time throughout the ride, soaking in neat views from all the bridges that crossed the great Willamette River (we did cross a few bridges twice, not 11 separate bridges). It was a great experience, and a good time on the bikes, with a supposed 20,000 riders particpating in total. Ride times were staggered throughout the morning and many of those riders chose shorter options. But, regardless, there were a lot of people on bikes!
The bridge crossings were fabulous, as most of them were closed to cars and allowed only bicycles to cross. Our team held together quite nice and had a great time throughout the ride, soaking in neat views from all the bridges that crossed the great Willamette River (we did cross a few bridges twice, not 11 separate bridges). It was a great experience, and a good time on the bikes, with a supposed 20,000 riders particpating in total. Ride times were staggered throughout the morning and many of those riders chose shorter options. But, regardless, there were a lot of people on bikes!
For more pictures from the bridge pedal, click here: http://www.box.net/shared/hn8dboimfq
1 comment:
NOOOOO!
Jeff in Spandex! AHHH my eyes!
just kidding :)
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