Free Cycle Day in Missoula, MT

Spring road trip – left Seattle Friday April 24 with LRB in the back of the car, arrived Missoula that night and got up the next morning to explore the town by bike… 
A few blocks from where I was staying in the University District I ran into this event, staged in a park.   Seems it [...]

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Winter spinning on the new trainer

Got my new Kurt’s Kinetic liquid trainer last week and finally tried it out this weekend.  The temps are hovering in the low to mid-30’s and it’s so raw outside, I’m happy to have an alternative.  I ride in this kind of weather often (and all through last winter) so it’s totally possible — [...]

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Women’s cycling forum

Since my Vacanza post, I’ve been possessed by the “gottahaveatouringbikeNOW” demons.  I even found myself at BI Cycle, ready to order up - ironically, Tom was on his way out of town and we couldn’t pull it off.  Meant to be?  Possibly, because now I’m wondering if I really want to wait 6-8 weeks for a [...]

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Easy Riders – first Friday!

May 2! – the first official meeting of the “Easy Does It” riders, a small fellowship of women meeting on Friday afternoons at Lynwood for a relaxed bicycle ride.  Our fearless leader, Maxine, was first on the scene in her pink socks and clogs, looking for missing water bottles…  Eventually Suzanne,
 

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87.80 & randonneurs

It’s Monday morning, pouring rain, and I’m feeling good because I opted to ride yesterday instead of waiting until today.  I track my miles from Monday through Sunday, and ended my week yesterday with 87.80, the best I’ve had since 89.71 the second week of January.  With the change in time, getting in miles after [...]

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