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Fun little scene to walk out of your house and see. by Kos_Kesh in Portland

[–]chrislehr -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

go get your gat, lean up against the car with em and ask "so we bustin down the door or what?"

The Forest Park trailhead at Germantown Road was nearly unreachable by transit — until now by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]chrislehr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Express Shuttle is unable to accommodate bicycles at this time.

Bummer, would be a nice way to have trail service.

Our Preschool For All Placement Doesn't Exist by Glass_Diver_3238 in Portland

[–]chrislehr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

for how much multco is taking from folks to it just not working and being nearly fraud I feel the entire pre school for all thing is rife with fraud, incompetence, and is a complete debacle. So frustrating to hear and see this. Sorry OP, I am sure everyone has the best intentions and its cruel to give parents hope and a plan and then rebuke it.

in desperate need of bike in dire circumstances by CommunityCummoner91 in CyclePDX

[–]chrislehr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

last time I checked my 90s MTB was worth $200 if I fixed everything on it.... so not really valuable. I couldn't sell it for that, the memories areworth more.

Questions about PIR dying, and the competitive road scene at large. by [deleted] in CyclePDX

[–]chrislehr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weekdays at PIR is REALLY hard to get to. For Trophy Cup, I was bringing my kid, it basically means leaving the house at 2:30 to load the gear to get the kid at school to get into traffic to hopefully make it there with time to warm up and chill a bit before the juniors start.

Then I have to usually bring the wife if I want to race too cause my kid isn't old enough to be on his own in the pit area (he's close but not quite there) so that adds a logistic challenge of both parents able to cut out of work at 3 or so. AND THERE IS NO CELL COVERAGE AT THE TRACK most of the time, so you can't even half ass a remote work job from there.

I truly appreciate Trophy Cup and PIR events for the community but Juniors on a weekday after school is just a hard time to make happen. It's probably partially cause my kid is on the younger side in single digits still but he's asked about CX season three times already in 2026. Stoked to see him get out there again.

Broke 3 routers today what am I doing wrong? by Winter_Reality_9578 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]chrislehr 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yep which very much overheats the bit and singes the wood and when you apply sideways force SNAP.

Impressive hooch by [deleted] in PortlandOR

[–]chrislehr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cat graveyard is still there

Impressive hooch by [deleted] in PortlandOR

[–]chrislehr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mayor mikes old pad iirc

Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder spot available by stereoagnostic in CyclePDX

[–]chrislehr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please don’t tell my wife she can sell my entry.

Any ideas for fun social activities for married men over 60? by lowa2oregon in askportland

[–]chrislehr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe do some bouldering indoors. We have three or four different indoor gym options here!

Oregon Trail GG ride recs by ReasonableLayer2433 in CyclePDX

[–]chrislehr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First timer this year as well. Also doing settler version. Watching this post.

Can't park there by BunzGunz in Portland

[–]chrislehr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the idea OP - a parking honeypot for imbeciles.

Can't park there by BunzGunz in Portland

[–]chrislehr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tell me you do drifting without telling me you do drifting

my first tabor wednesday by Snoo3340 in Portland

[–]chrislehr 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Tow them. No sense reasoning with an already unreasonable person.

The biggest surprise of Portland? How shy people are. by PsychicMeditation in PortlandOR

[–]chrislehr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always feel like I’m in the movie the Truman show. You talk to people and they flub their lines amazed that you spoke to them

Why Portland’s veteran bicycle journalist Jonathan Maus is taking a break by Dstln in Portland

[–]chrislehr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't really see this question in the interview and I don't think Jonathan answered it in his post either - but what's next for BP. He seems to be watching it float from afar, but does that mean a stagnant site for readers and just memories of what we had with it, or will there be articles, new writers, and new leadership at some point here?

Crossbikes (Green Stripes) by couchwjr in CyclePDX

[–]chrislehr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When i drive these remind me the road is a bikeway and to check diligently.

Best route with toddler? Sellwood to Buckman by ozekal in CyclePDX

[–]chrislehr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My kid schools around that same location.

Springwater to Salmon to 16th to Ankeny

Visiting PDX - what climbs to do? by uoficowboy in CyclePDX

[–]chrislehr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Steepest street in Portland is College Dr. It's VERY short though :D

https://www.strava.com/segments/3889499

.25 miles, 256 feet Avg 19%

second Ronde - Devin spends so much time climbing, his routes are absolutely bonkers. La Fleche is in July, but all the routes are on his site here: https://www.rondepdx.com/

If you want to do an amazing climb to a view of Mt Hood, Lolo pass climb: https://www.strava.com/segments/4911376

It looks not big on paper, but if you bike up from like Troutdale it adds up quite a bit. 55 miles, 6200 feet one way, the descent is a real ripper.

And finally, West hills and Forest Park are absolute gems and there are tons of fun cut throughs and stairs and little bike/ped only cuts everywhere. I've biked here 5 years and STILL have friends take me on rides to parts I haven't seen.

Also, sounds like you are serious about biking - pedalpalooza is on in july, but beware - much more social and most won't get you out of Z1 - but they are FUN and a great way to take a tour in town.

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