Portland is just small enough you can just memorize all your best routes. But honestly I find it most fun to not take any route at all and just freeride. My daily commute is 8-13 miles each way depending on route I choose.
Yes. I find walking or bike directions are better if your skating. Plus using bone conduction or open ear headphones means that you donāt block or the sound of the traffic and your environment.
I havenāt been on any of the facebook group rides in a while. But they meet every friday at 7:30pm at omsi. Me and Andrew go riding all around all the time.