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HuckleB

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9. I used to ride quite a lot, including as a commuter.

Reply to closeupready (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:22 PM

Jun 2016

My nerves are mostly shot from that, though. I hit bike/pedestrian only trails as much as I can now. And we have Sunday Parkways every month in Portland, where this is circular course that is closed to cars for a few hours, in different parts of town.

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