I lived in Portland, Oregon for 5 years and for the most part I loved my time in the city. However, as everyone knows it tends to rain there now and again. What most people don’t know is that the Summer tends to be drought-like and beautiful. June tends to be one of those really nice months in pdx, and the sunshine generally lasts into October before it becomes obscured by the pacific northwest clouds until the Spring.
This June in Boston has reminded me of a typical March in Portland, and it’s safe to say that I am officially “over” the whole rain thing. Besides what it does to one’s mood, it also makes your bike a complete mess. I cleaned my bike a few weeks ago, and this is what my chainring looks like now:
