Devin Bailly
P.S. J. Maus made a little story about the Giro PDX for Bike Portland. Hot
off the presses -
http://bikeportland.org/2016/08/17/attention-climbers-another-member-of-the-ronde-family-has-been-born-189645
On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Devin Bailly
wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> Please come ride the first edition of the third ride in the Ronde PDX
> series.
>
> The course is marked with the familiar lion; but this time in green.
> It's also routed using Ride With GPS. There is an event page here:
> https://ridewithgps.com/events/24101-giro-pdx-foglie-
> morte-di-sud-portlandia
> If you click the RSVP button on that event page, you will get premium
> RWGPS features for the ride - voice guided navigation, offline maps and
> event leader boards. Cool stuff.
>
> There is also a facebook event page - https://www.facebook.com/
> events/1068991016469976/
>
> There are plenty more details on the event pages. But here's the basics:
>
> Intentionally similar stats to Ronde and Doyenne - 54 miles & 7350 ft.
> climbing.
> Starts and ends in SW PDX - Willamette Park and Nansen Summit.
> Also travels through Lake Oswego, West Linn and Stafford.
>
> Beautiful and hard. Lots of climbing. 97% pavement. 3% nice dirt and
> gravel trails in parks fully ride-able on a road bike with skinny road
> tires.
> Cool riding discoveries you may never otherwise find.
>
> Please share with your riding friends and team email lists.
>
> See you this Sunday 8/21!
>
> Devin Bailly
>