{"id":3946,"date":"2023-06-05T22:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T04:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2023-06-05T22:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T04:08:56","slug":"ride-report-prineville-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2023\/06\/05\/ride-report-prineville-or\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride report: Prineville, OR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=123684467&#038;title=Prineville,%20OR&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/content\/img_5200.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3949\" width=\"1652\" height=\"1748\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Slept well and woke up at 5:30. Got rolling about 45 minutes later. Not great efficiency. Rode to Lewisburg and stopped at a greasy spoon for breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>At some point while riding along the McKenzie River, I pulled over to strip off my warm clothes, and was passed by another racer, Richard. We rode together for a bit and stopped at a convenience store shortly before the turnoff for McKenzie Pass, the day&#8217;s main event. As we pulled in, another racer was pulling out and yelled his recommendation for the chicken tenders.<\/p>\n<p>I rolled out a little before Richard and reached the turnoff. A couple of guys from Portland were getting their bikes ready; we chatted for a bit about whether the road was really closed due to a recent rockslide that needed to be cleaned up. We all agreed it was worth chancing it. I rode in ahead, knowing they&#8217;d pass me quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The pass is at an altitude of about 5200 feet; the base is at about 1000 feet. As you ascend, you pass altitude markers every 1000 feet. At about 3500 feet, I had to take a break&#8211;I was whipped, my back hurts, and I ran across a rail I could use as a bench and prop for my bike. Before reaching 4000 feet, I came upon the Portland guys. I assumed they had already reached the top and were coming down. Nope. They were taking their time, I guess. There were a lot of cyclists on the climb&#8211;it&#8217;s a well known destination, especially right now when it is closed to motor traffic. There are gates at the east and west sides partway up that cyclists and peds can bypass.<\/p>\n<p>I ran across a couple more racers, Mike and another guy whose name I didn&#8217;t catch. Mike and I rode together for a bit; I learned he&#8217;d read my blog entries about the 2021 race.<\/p>\n<p>The top of the mountain is like Mount Doom&#8211;no life, just broken lava rock everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>On the way down, I chatted with a rider going the other way, and later, at the eastern gate, there was another rider coming the other way. We chatted for a bit too. Something seemed familiar about him, and after he asked my name, I told him and said &#8220;and you&#8217;re Evan Deutsch, aren&#8217;t you?&#8221; He was. He&#8217;s won the TABR and has some very high placements when he didn&#8217;t. Nice guy, very down-to-earth.<\/p>\n<p>I made it to the next town of Sisters, a very cute town blessed with two bike shops, which is pretty rare. Only one was open, so I went there. Blazin Saddles. My shifting has been off, and I hadn&#8217;t been able to fix it myself, so I suspected the derailleur hanger was out of alignment. It was. They dropped everything and got me fixed right up. Another racer was in there buying spares.<\/p>\n<p>As long as I was making a stop in Sisters, I decided to eat. I found a food truck serving Mexican food and ordered a taco plate. Weirdly enough, I had to force myself to eat it&#8211;i just don&#8217;t have much of an appetite. This is a problem. There&#8217;s only so far I can go on stored fat.<\/p>\n<p>My original goal for today has been Mitchell OR. What I realized was that I&#8217;d be arriving after nightfall, and the descent into town is scary enough in the daylight. I wound up stopping 40 miles short, in Prineville.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/content\/img_5204-scaled.jpg\" class=\"size-full\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slept well and woke up at 5:30. Got rolling about 45 minutes later. Not great efficiency. Rode to Lewisburg and stopped at a greasy spoon for breakfast. At some point while riding along the McKenzie River, I pulled over to strip off my warm clothes, and was passed by another racer, Richard. 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