Given all the wonderful weather we'd been experiencing, we were all surprised and disappointed by the rainfall we experienced the Saturday night prior to this scheduled ride.  Shane's Enduro ride had some spots that were more prone to uber-mub, so he called his ride. JD and I decided to go ahead with the Classic Ride as we had 17 riders signed up  we were hopeful that the trails would be ok this early in the ride season.

BikePortland.org recently posted a article about the new Gateway Greenway. http://bikeportland.org/2008/05/20/an-exciting-vision-for-bikes-at-gateway-green/
This could be a really exciting project. Here is my response please add your remarks to the BikePortland.org or here. 

Check out this article on a Portland city council race. I asked a question about the canididates positions on Mountain Biking. Jim Middaugh responed backed very favorablely. Check it out here: http://bikeportland.org/2008/05/12/election-notes-commissioner-seat-2/ 

Newton Road! 

Want to ride the newly enhanced Newton Road section in Forest Park? Try out this often overlooked piece of Forest Park singletrack. You'll be glad you did:

Directions:

From Portland:

Take Hwy 30 towards St Helens;

Go through the town of Linnton;

Many of you know the familiar faces of Ron Strasser and John Joy. They have long ago become staples of our wonderful mountain biking (... and roadie/cyclocross/racing) family. They not only show up for races and rides, but consistently put in many hours for trail building and maintenance. A Trail Party just wouldn't be the same without them.

Ron and John Joy have been working dilligently on the Scappose trail system. This has brought us all hours of singletrack pleasure.

Ron had an exciting announcement yesterday:

Mountain Bikers Show Dedication To Forest Park Singletrack!

PUMP members greet volunteers with smiles and doughnuts!
May 3, 2008