Long ride recommendations?
Hello!
I am visiting Portland this coming weekend and looking for some ride recommendations. I will be bringing my road bike with me and ideally looking for something very scenic and memorable.
I found a page on Trek's website that had some local ride recommendations and began to set my sights on the "Bridge of the Gods Ride", that starts near the 205 bridge and rides 14 out on the Washington side and the historic Hwy back on the Oregon side. I enjoyed the idea of this ride as it is about the distance I am looking for (60-80mi), has consistently enjoyable scenery, and is a loop, which I am keen on (also, extra points for a brewery at the halfway mark).
However, I am having some apprehension after seeing an old reddit post with mostly disconcerting opinions regarding the section of 14 on the WA side, therefore I am opening up to other recommendations. I grew up in Portland so I am familiar with the area, the last time I visited I rode from Yachats to Newport on the Nehalem and Yakima river road which was incredible.
Thanks everyone in advance!