Author: Susan Doram

I am passionate about cycling and enjoy encouraging others to ride their bicycles. I am a cycle coach and founder member and chair for Leicester Women's Velo and Founder member and club secretary for Ride on Sistas.

I love to encourage others to get active. I am an award wining personal trainer and one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2019.

I've been on numerous cycle tours and have encouraged others to join me. Part of my cycle touring experience has included cycling around the world for just over 2 1/2 years.

Eugene

I spent three days in Eugene, cycling round the city on a Raleigh sit up and beg bike which reminded me of my Raleigh Crapice. I visited the museum and the famous stadium and stayed with a lovely family, Otis and Zondie and their two very shy daughters who I tried bribing with butterfly badges…… Continue reading Eugene

Corvallis

I made it to Corvallis’s Fall fair and had a look around the town. These signs are pretty popular in a lot of the cities that I’ve visited. I haven’t caught a bus in quite a few days now. My bike rides smoothly at the moment and I’m not suffering with idleness either .

Monroe

An amazing ride from Independence to Monroe, only 30 miles and I managed to squeeze in a 30min back massage before the start of the ride. Monroe was a bit off the beaten track which was great. I spent the night at the Deatons. Their daughter and son in the morning showed me around the…… Continue reading Monroe

Independence

Above is an airstrip. The garages are hangars and the locals fly their planes down the strip. From the other side the hangars just look like garages.

McMinnville

A door that I spotted on the way to McMinnville. I was cycling through wine country They have a airplane and space museum which houses the Spruce Goose, a massive aeroplane made mainly of birch. There’s also a really interesting hotel with interesting art, the hotel Oregon I spent 5 days in McMinnville. My hosts…… Continue reading McMinnville

Portland, Oregon

I spent 3 days in Portland. My first evening was spent watching Vauxhall Swifts roosting in a chimney. The photo that I took doesn’t do it justice. Every year for a few weeks in September Vauxhall Swifts can be seen swarming and then going to roost in a chimney. Loads of people go to the…… Continue reading Portland, Oregon

Compressed Air

This chap has designed a motorised bicycle that runs on compressed air. He said that it goes up hills with ease. I didn’t actually see him riding it, he was pushing it up the road at the time.