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gregt9000 Started a new thread Better riding in Medford or Portland, OR?

5/15/2015 12:20pm
Hey folks, I'll be traveling to the area from FL and will have a day or 2 to ride. I will be near Medford and will probably connect through Portland, so which should I spend my day? Ideally, I'd like a bike park/lift assisted type place, but I'm certainly OK with pedaling to the top if need be. I'll also...
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gregt9000 Added a reply to Better riding in Medford or Portland, OR?

5/15/2015 9:33am
Thanks for all the help everybody! And I just realized that since I'm only able to ride Friday 5/21 ski bowl won't be open!! So I'm back where I started, anybody know if there are any lift accessed trails in the PDX area that are open that day? Also, FWIW, I'll buy the beer that night if anybody's interested! Been...

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5/14/2015 12:55pm
Ah, thanks. So which would you do, stay in Hood River (which appears to be the best place to rent a bike in the area) and ride there or take the hour drive to get to the list assisted stuff at ski bowl?

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5/13/2015 8:49am
Cool, thank you! There's a bike shop called Hood River Bicycles that has a nice rental fleet - Nomad, SB6C, Mach 6, etc. and the guy there mentioned Ski Bowl - he wasn't sure if they were open yet. Lift accessed trails seem like such an indulgence! Can't wait to cheat!

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5/13/2015 5:56am
Big help, thank you. I called around to some shops and it looks like I'm settling on the Portland area, the tie-breaker being that there seems to be more options on bike rentals and there are lift accessed trails in the area (not sure if they're open but whatever.) Since all these trails are going to be new to me...