http://thegorgeismygym.com Skip the gym. Use the Gorge! Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:29:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://thegorgeismygym.com/road-biking/cooper-spur-loop/comment-page-1#comment-372 Temira Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:22:44 +0000 http://thegorgeismygym.com/?page_id=192#comment-372 ODOT recently chip-sealed part of the climb from Parkdale to Cooper Spur. I'm not sure how many miles are covered in gravel, and I didn't want to ride it to try. The first four miles of the ride up still have good pavement, but the beginning of the steep, curvy climb is gravel. Yuck. A nice alternate is to ride up to Laurence lake instead. Only 1/4 mile of that ride is gravel, and it's packed down already. ODOT recently chip-sealed part of the climb from Parkdale to Cooper Spur. I’m not sure how many miles are covered in gravel, and I didn’t want to ride it to try. The first four miles of the ride up still have good pavement, but the beginning of the steep, curvy climb is gravel. Yuck. A nice alternate is to ride up to Laurence lake instead. Only 1/4 mile of that ride is gravel, and it’s packed down already.

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