Boneyard Cycling

Lately with Boneyard Cycling: Mud-o-rama at Silver Falls XC for Ron, Maria, Scott, Laurie (1st AG!), Peter G. (1st AG!). Meanwhile, on the dry (so…very…dry) side of the mountains, Cam, David W., and Sally did some course recon for the Cascade Gravel race, and pretty much everyone has been riding McKenzie Pass, which has been riding beautifully through various weather patterns. If you haven’t gotten up there yet, do it before the cars show up! You’ll probably run into someone you know.

Some Boneheads also volunteered at Pole Pedal Paddle last week, where it was like raaaaaaaain on your wedding da—oh wait, this was *actually* ironic: ski segments were converted into run segments due to lack of snow and guess what? It snowed overnight, making for a very, er, weathery run and bike experience 🥶

All in all, good times and well done, all! Ride Hard, Finish Thirsty!



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Not into racing? We love that for us! The team has weekly gravel and MTB social rides welcome to all. Last week’s gravel ride was a bit dusty, modeled here by Kim. Bonus: team gravel rides usually end at 🍕 🤤

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📷 Kim, Lisa G., David W.

Riding on the coast: remember how we were talking about the forest? The coastal forest, while beautiful, can be a cruel and wily mistress, with chunky, irregular gravel roads and big, sneaky potholes that lurk in the shadows waiting to throw you off your game and maybe off your bike 😬 Sunday’s West Coast Gravel in Yachats had all that—but at least there was no rain ( ). Kim (podium!) and Wayne raced the long course and James, Tanya, and Kathy took on the short. Soooo, Kathy had an unfortunate and rather scary dust-up with the aforementioned rough terrain and we are all so very glad she is okay, and thankful for the teammates and crew who coordinated to get her and her stuff sorted out after receiving medical care. She is one tough cookie! Mmm…cookies. I mean, great job everyone, and be safe out there!

OH ALSO. We would be remiss if we didn’t mention this cool photo of Wayne and his sweet new bike! Look how pretty it is!

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Riding on the coast: it’s wild and scenic and beachy, and then all of a sudden you start climbing and you’re in the deep forest with nary a salt water taffy to be found. Like, whoa. On May 2, Wayne, Steve, and Kim (podium!) rode the long course at the Oregon Coast Gravel Epic; Jim and Kathy rode the new medium course (Kathy won her age group!), and Nic crushed the short course and landed on the podium too. Nice work!

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At the May 2 Eagle MTB, the second in the PNW XC Series put on by , Ron Miles rode hard and finished thirsty (thirst level assumed — editorial license). How hard did he ride? Ron rode so hard that he won 1st in his Cat 2 Men 50-59 age group! Congrats!

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This year’s Gorge Gravel in Dufur, the first in the three-race Oregon Gravel Series, featured new routes and the word on the (unpaved) street is that they were challenging fun. Matt A. took on the medium course, and Jordan, Garrett, Sally, Cam, and Kathy rode the small course. Sally and Kathy finished together, resulting in a most excellent podium of #1 and #2 👯‍♀️! Nice work, team!

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Woohoo! Great job to Ron, Cody (both of whom finished 2nd in their divisions), Peter G., and Ryan C. at last week’s Mudslinger XC, put on by none other than (sheesh, you guys are busy) in Blodgett. This was the 39th year of this race. Where were you in 1987? Ehh, on second thought, let’s not go down that road otherwise this account might accidentally pivot into content that is not becoming of a cycling team (cough, ) Congrats, guys!

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Spring race weather anxiety: it’s a thing. Fortunately, our nondenominational prayers to the weather gods for last Saturday’s Sasquatch Duro gravel race in Carlton were answered with a crazy dramatic thunderstorm the night before, resulting in a delightful tamping down of the loose gravel and dust on a hilly and scenic course. Wayne, Kim (2nd AG podium), Matt, and Steve took on the long course (made even longer for a teammate who shall remain unnamed due to navigational difficulties 🙃) and Nic, Tanya, James, and Jim tackled the short course. Thanks to for a great event as always. We may be a brewery team but we fully support races held in wine country! 🍷 🚲🤩

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What a great showing at last Saturday’s Madras MTB, the first in the PNW XC Series from . Sunny and scenic, the team brought 13 competitors (Dan G., Maria, Ron, Cody, Jim I., Chris I., Pat, Justin, Brad, Scott, Jeff J., Kim, and Wayne) and won a boatload of podiums (ooh, did you know that “podia” is an acceptable but less preferred plural of “podiums”? Was hoping for “podii,” “podiae,” or maybe “podieux,” but hey, we don’t make the rules.) Well done everyone!

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The team continued last weekend’s race adventures with Real West Gravel over yonder in Pendleton, which featured great new courses that ventured north of town, avoiding last year’s bike- (and soul) gobbling mud. Kathy, Nicoli, James, and Jim tackled the short course (Kathy won her 65-69 age group—yeehaw!). On the long course, Kim won second in her 50-59 age group (a second hearty yeehaw!); also ridin’ high on the long course were Scott, Ron, Steve, and Wayne, the latter three crossing the finish line simultaneously in a rootin’ tootin’ display of teamwork. Sadly, Tanya was all hat and no cattle this time ‘round, sidelined with an injury. Congrats to all, thanks to for a great time, and always remember: don’t squat with your spurs on 🤠

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