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Day 3: Rapha Gone Rogue

THOUGHTS: Carey S-H | PHOTOS: Brian Vernor

Occasionally - but not often enough - I stumble over something that is so aligned with what I love, the way I think, and how I see the world that it dispels any last kernel of doubt that this life might not be worth living.

- Peter Buchanan-Smith

You will need a follow car to do this ride. A steel bike is recommended…one with 25's or wider. If you are a lover of loose sharp fast gravel descents with no automobiles then this is your ride. It's a big day for road bikes…a cross bike would have been more comfortable. But we didn't want comfort, that's way we decided to excuse ourselves from the prescribed routes of Cycle Oregon and decided to "c-y-c-l-e o-r-e-g-o-n" on our own. At least for a couple of days.