Nice job! I rode the STP 30 years ago when my son was six months old. Thought at the time, "I should do it with him someday!" Someday arrived this past weekend. :) We did it in two days, had a blast, the heat both afternoons was brutal, but so glad we created the memories. Thanks for the vid.
I've been following your videos and rides closely, and I'm really impressed by how dedicated you are to promoting cycling and your genuine enthusiasm for it.
What did you think of this year's STP? What stories do you have to share? Any words for Andy and crew? Huge props again to Cascade for putting up this event and was super glad to be part of it as a STP Ambassador this year
Yikes! The heat scares me. I had to abandon a 50 mile ride on Sunday because I was overheating. When I do STP I plan to start well before sunrise so I can avoid the EVIL DAY STAR ☀ (is it October yet??)
2023 was my first STP as well. My son also rode and we did it in 2 days and for first timers it was an excelent excperience. A couple weeks ago my son Joshua said "let's do it in one day this year" and I said okay. I learned a lot during first time and this is not a good place for that so I'd love to meet you some time. I'll look for you this year.
An important point I experienced wa that I started to severely cramp and became desperate to find a source of dietary acid, idealy Baggs apple cider vinegar but only found dill pickles. The pickle alternative worked but will prepare better during '24.
Great ride and great time getting in. I ridden STP twenty times, mostly one day rides. Yeah, hwy 30 kinda sucks, bad surfaces, rude Oregon drivers, etc. I like the Eastside hwy the best, Vader potato stop and Lexington stop. Its nice to see CBC going back to the embroidery patch. I was really turned off by the crap patch and cheap tee shirt last year, so much i skipped the ride this year. However, I regret not riding this year, heat and all. Btw, anyone wanting to ride in one day, look at is as series of 25 mile rides back to back. Take it easy until Centralia, then the real ride begins. I'm looking forward to next year's stp.
Done this ride 3 times in one day, I'm from Bellingham WA. Love this ride, but there's so many great distance rides in our state. 🙂Consider trying "Tour de Whatcom". It's 100 miles.
11:20 Seems like you're one of a very few people in arm sleeves. I am a *massive fan* of arm and even leg sleeves in the extreme heat/sun. Suncream is great for 2 hours, but 4-5+++ hours? Physical barrier all the way.
I am a huge fan of arm/leg sleeves for 3 reasons. The sun protection, bug bite protection (I get rekt without them) and I actually do find the white sleeves to have a cooling effect on super hot days!
Hey, congratulations on doing it in 1 day. I was a 2-day rider and the course seemed shorter than it's been in the past, at least to me. Maybe I was just in better shape this time, I don't know. I saw someone in Centralia making a video and initially thought it was you but it looks like you were there a couple of hours ahead of me (I got there a little after 12). Good ride but I had forgotten about all the rolling hills past Chehalis. My favorite stops are the lemonade stand right before Centralia and of course the banana bread in Napavine. Looking forward to next year.
Thanks for the correction. Haha I realized it right after I uploaded, definitely what happens when I want a quick turn-around for these videos. Makes sense
Can't beleive how close I was to you at St Helens stop, I was right behind you but you can spot my back at 12:39, I was the white suit guy to the right of you right shoulder.
The detour was really bad when I got stuck behind a large group that had a lot of yoyo/free wheelers. I just dropped them and a new train formed off me until the mini stop.
that detour around JBLM sucked especially after Roy at the train tracks - I had a crash cause someone cut in front of me as i yelled "passing on your left" - guess he thought it meant "moved to your left"
@@BestSideCycling the crappy part was we were hauling (_!_) and we caught up to the day one riders and this mishap set me back about 10 minutes and then again another 20-30 at the Tenino and Centralia stops to get bandaged up. Bright side is knocking off close to 2.5 hours from last year's total time
@@CyclingCauvin there was plenty of carnage on day one - within a few minutes of me eating 💩three others wrecked someone near Vader got clipped by a car and went down (saw the aftermath - ambulance ride)
