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      CommentAuthoralex
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2008
     

    So part of the reason the title here is "Portland Fixed Gear & Single Speed" is because I'm a huge fan of mountain biking and cyclocross.

    Today I spent about 5 hours riding through Syncline and Post Canyon which are near Hood River. I have a Monocog 29er with a 32x20. The gearing worked welle for me for Syncline (2000 feet of climbing) but way too low for Post Canyon which is fairly flat. Conditions in both areas were perfect, the trails were clear of downed trees and there were tons of people out enjoying the day. Syncline was blanketed in poison oak so if you go up there watch out for that.

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      CommentAuthorMIN
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2008
     

    Were you on a bike trail? Sounds like a good getaway. Is there a trailhead?

    I race DH bikes, BTW. Well not so much now but in college.

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      CommentAuthorPorter
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2008
     

    I ride & race mountain bikes (and also cyclocross). I love Syncline, specifically coyote canyon, but am more likely to ride my Titus Motolite there than my SS Soma Juice 29er (which is rigid)

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      CommentAuthormizake
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2008
     

    i try to get out on my karate monkey as often as i can. went out with chris h. a few weekends ago to brown's camp. there were a lot of downed trees and a fair amount of snow. it was more like a cyclocross course in that respect, but still a lot of fun.

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      CommentAuthoralex
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2008
     

    How rideable was Brown's camp? I might have to get out there next weekend.

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      CommentAuthormizake
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2008
     

    when we were at brown's camp it was not very rideable and a large portion of the trail got washed out. traversing the snow, mud, and dense vegetation with a 29er on your shoulder is kinda tricky.

    i would imagine that is a lot drier at this point, but who knows if the myriad fallen trees have been cleared. there were really a lot of them across the trail.

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      CommentAuthorMIN
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2008
     

    Brown camps has huge ruts in the road from jeeps, motobikes and other blue-collared thrill machines. Watch out for shots being fired too.

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      CommentAuthormizake
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2008
     

    by "large portion" i mean like 20-30' of trail. it seemed bigger though because it was hard to connect back with the trail.

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