Watch this lovely video, recapping Saturday’s enduro mountain bike race in Bend. Locals dominated, despite a field of heavies—Adam Craig won the pro mens overall and part-time Bend resident (and full-time Kiwi crusher) Rosara “I’m from not from Australia” Joseph took the pro women’s overall after five short stages of racing. The video is on […]
James Williams
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Download This App: Find My iPhone
lost! “Find My iPhone” will save your ass one day. Once downloaded (both on your iPhone and home iOS system—iPad, MacBook, etc.) Mac owners can use one to find the other. Last night, my clumsy buddy found out just how well the free app works. During a mid-ride break and after checking a message, he […]
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High Desert High Cuisine
Are there cowboys in France?
Jen (as in her kitchen and garden) explained that rodeo weekend is perhaps one of the best times to visit her restaurant. Many locals, she says, hide away for the weekend, and French fries are about as close to high-style French country cuisine that the cowboys will get. Which is to say: This weekend, Jen’s […]
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Horsin’ Around
Central Oregon’s top riding destinations
Bend’s Suzi Lewis, 56 years young, knows horses. She has been riding horses since she was 8—all over the U.S.—and has been giving lessons to aspiring Central Oregon trail riders for decades. So when she called Central Oregon "one of the best places to own and ride a horse,” I took her words as gospel. […]
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2013 Likely the Last Year for Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
We just lost another awesome stage race. Sad day for Oregon bike racing: Chad Sperry, Mt. Hood Cycling Classic race organizer, announced today that this year would likely be the last for the 11-year-old stage race that’s become a climber’s favorite and has hosted Giro winners (Ryder Hesjedal), Olympic gold medalists (Kristin Armstrong) and U.S. […]
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Bend Dude to Pedal Across U.S. And Blog.
Views from Day 2: Leahey’s trip from Longview, Wash. to Troutdale, Ore. Jonathan Leahey, of Southwest Bend, appears to be on day 3 of his trek from the Pacific to Atlantic Ocean. We wish we could claim that Leahey’s adventure was inspired by our recent Bike Issue, but it seems he had the cycling trip […]
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Next Week: Rodeo Issue! And a Bit About Horses…
In Sisters, next weekend. While everyone in Central Oregon frantically digs for their forgotten cowboy boots and favorite pearl-snap shirts in anticipation of the 73rd annual Sisters Rodeo (Friday June 7-Sunday June 9, with a special kickoff Wednesday June 5), we’ve been dutifully working on next week’s Rodeo Issue. (NOTE: Stay tuned to our Facebook […]
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The Pro
Racing for a living
I first met Alex Candelario five years ago by a remote beach break on the southern Baja Peninsula. It was November and I was camping with a friend near a pebble beach, in the middle of a 10-day surf trip, when Candelario and company rumbled down a dirt road and parked their RV next to […]
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The Commuter
Why bikes are the perfect vehicle
A recent study by the League of American Bicyclists shows bike commuting increased by an encouraging 80 percent in “bicycle-friendly [U.S] communities” from 2000 to 2011. The same study points out commuting by bike grew 47 percent nationwide during the same 11-year period. These are promising stats for advocates of alternative transportation—especially for those in […]
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Best Ever
Bend cyclists tell us the region's best rides
Editor's note: We asked a few of our favorite cyclists to share their go-to rides with the rest of Bend. They got back to us with sub-alpine mountain bike loops, destination coffee rides, social-hour downhills, and trails below the radar. It says something about the quality of Central Oregon's diverse riding that no two cyclists […]
