There are a lot of things to love about the new, Small wheels to the coast video from Russ Roca.
Russ, and his cohort Laura Crawford, are planning another big bike tour in May. The premise of the tour is to combine trains and folding bikes to “redefine the American road trip.”
To test out their new Bromptons and other gear before the big trip, they took an overnight jaunt from Portland to Cape Lookout state park on the Oregon Coast earlier this week. Russ, a professional photographer and gifted storyteller, has now added videography to his tool kit, and the result is the video below…
That’s a great snapshot of how using MAX, bikes, and the Tillamook bus shuttle, it’s easier than you might think to get away to the coast without a car (all that tough climbing aside of course!).