Welp, the weather did what they said it was going to and it’s wet, cold, and miserable. Since when are weather predictions accurate? Anyway, I’m going to postpone the Flywheel Honey Badger ride until next Saturday. Same bat time, same bat channel just on the 11th instead of the 4th. The site and all the…
The weather for tomorrow’s Honey Badger ride departing from Flywheel in Talent is looking pretty grim. The weather services are calling for snow down to as low as 3500ft in the Cascades. The routes all top out at just over 4000ft. If we get some snow accumulation that makes the routes impassable or even dangerous,…
I wanted to touch on the subject of e-bikes and Honey Badger rides. I’ll first come right out and say that e-bikes are completely welcome on any and all of the scheduled Honey Badger rides. The rides are truly a “run what ya brung” mentality. I think it’s awesome that on the rides there will…
If you’ve clicked around the site you’ve probably seen that I use RideWithGPS to map and share the Honey Badger routes. I use RideWithGPS because I’ve found their mapping to be the best and most comprehensive, the interface the easiest to use and understand, and it uploads to a huge variety of devices, from phones…
I’ve always been curious what routes are people’s favorites. If you’ve done some of the Honey Badger routes, either on a scheduled ride, or on your own, what’s your preferred one? Which one is the one that gets you thinking fondly of it in winter time and anticipating doing it again when the weather gets…
So there’s a couple new things that went up on the site recently. The Group Ride page is updated with the Wimer and the Flywheel events. The Wimer Honey Badger is a brand new route that straddles Jackson and Josephine counties. It’s a bit like the Juanita Lake Honey Badger in that it’s not very…
If you’re wondering about whether or not to do the wet or dry option of the Montague Honey Badger here’s a quick primer for you. If the roads down there have been dry for 3-5 days and there hasn’t been any real rain, then the dry route is a good choice. The climb up Townsend…