@afterpalooza and so much more! Nathan Jones of Ride Yr Bike joins us again! This time we talk about the Afterpalooza movement of bike fun in PDX, and we get him to commit to riding in the Portland Disaster Relief Trials. Sorry this was a short one. Mr. Jones had to get on his way to lead a ride. Afterpalooza!! Thanks to our beverage sponsor, The Beer Mongers, and, as always, thanks to our generous Patreon donors that keep us going! today's drink: DON VANUCHI THE KILLER Barley Browns 9.20% | Barrel Aged Imperial Stout headlines from BBC World News via bikeportland.org Nepal's national mountain bike team turn rescuers On the day a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal in April, the nation's top mountain bikers were out preparing for the national championships. They soon found themselves thrown into the emergency rescue effort, pulling victims alive out of the rubble. In the aftermath of the disaster, which killed more than 7,500 people and injured more than 14,500, the cyclists found their riding skills invaluable. Members of the national mountain biking team… soon realised they were in a unique position. They could ride to remote mountain communities that vehicles could not reach and use their knowledge of mountain trails to deliver aid and gather information about the scale of the damage. They set up Nepal Cyclists Road to Rescue (NCRR), comprised of members of the national mountain biking team and Himalayan Single Track, a Nepalese biking tour operator. NCRR says that in Shikhar Besi about 95% of buildings have been destroyed. Eighty per cent of the area is inaccessible by car. from bikeportland.org ‘Scenic Bikeways’ now available on the coast and southern Oregon Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on June 29th, 2015 at 11:47 am Last week the Oregon State Parks Commission unanimously approved two new Scenic Bikeways; the Wild Rivers Coast and Cascade Siskiyou routes. The new routes are the first time the Bikeway program has included the coast and the southern Oregon region. The Wild Rivers Coast Scenic Bikeway is a a 61-mile route based out of Port Orford. It heads southeast along the curvaceous Elk River and then north up to Cape Blanco State Park, the westernmost point in the entire state. The Cascade Siskiyou Scenic Bikeway begins in the southern Oregon city of Ashland. The 55-mile loop heads east and takes you around Emigrant and Howard Prarie Lakes. There’s even a nice bikepacking option if you’re ready to sleep overnight. You can learn much more about them and the other 12 Scenic Bikeways atRideOregonRide.com. Mail From Brian Benson of Riversignal Hey everybody, Just wanted to let you know that we finally made our podcast a podcast—it's up on iTunes, ready to be instantly downloaded and then not listened to for weeks! If you're into The River Signal—or have aspirations of someday being into it—it'd be so great if you could do any of the following: (a) Subscribe to the podcast (b) Review it on iTunes (c) Let other people know about it, via social media / email / carrier-labradoodle It seems like this thing is starting to pick up steam—we're hearing from lots of musicians, media, and the pleasant fifty-something men we end up talking to for a half-hour whenever we dock (seriously, every time)—and so we're doing what we can to get more people listening early on, in hopes that they'll stick with us when we get lazy and start writing terrible scripts (probably in Arkansas). Any help spreading the word would be much appreciated! Hope you're all well! xoxo Brian P.S. I'm writing this while using my foot to pilot the Princess across Lake Pepin (don't worry, Mom, it's like 300 miles wide). From Josh G. in Portland Remember our great ride [team sincerity’s worst president’s day ride], and the beach and stop toward the end?! Today, we went to the same beach at Lake Vancouver.
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