Photos from a bike tour
You might recognize this beautiful person, Natalia, especially if you bike in Minneapolis or shop at the West Bank Freewheel Bike Shop where she works.
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http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/getting-excited-for-bike-camping1/
It is not unusual for me to develop a blog crush. So many smart and talented people write about what they are passionate about, for no other payment than the satisfaction of…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/what-would-a-nerd-wear/
Another post from Backyard Blam!
Visit BB's blog to read more about their spoke cutter.
Definitely don't have one of these bad grrrls at the shop. We do have a whole mess …
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/backyard-blams-tools-spoke-cutter/
Another post from Backyard Blam!
Visit BB's blog to read more about the crown race puller.
I don't know if I've ever used this tool, but I am enticed by the fact that there…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/backyard-blams-tools-crown-race-puller/
Another post from Backyard Blam!
Visit BB's blog to read more about the headset press.
She's right about this tool needing some torque. Come by the shop sometime and work …
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/backyard-blams-tools-headset-press/
Another post from Backyard Blam!
Visit BB's blog to read more about the fixed cup bottom bracket removal tool.
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/backyard-blams-tools-fixed-cup-bottom-bracket-removal-tool/
Another post from Backyard Blam!
Visit BB's blog to read more about the bottom bracket socket holder tool.
I did not even know this existed! I'm thinking Amanda might like…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/backyard-blams-tools-bottom-bracket-socket-holder-tool/
A while back we posted up a hilarious video from a bike shop in Portland, OR. Amanda from 21st Ave. Bicycles builds up a bike while her co-workers are messing around with tools a…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/backyard-blams-tools-freewheel-removers/
Whenever I attend a large event, I like to keep an eye on what other people publish about it. It's interesting to see the different ways people process their experiences. &n…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/2012-national-womens-bicycling-summit-round-up/
The Cycle Chic movement is perplexing to me. I enjoyed the conversation that Elly Blue had with Elly Kristin Tieche in Momentum Magazine back in October, especially the…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/more-thoughts-on-cycle-chic/
Protected between the two vehicles, with the horns of both cars blaring, we rode six abreast for the final kilometer. Traffic flowed around us, sometimes honking support and som…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/team-rve-complete-tdf-route/
Arleigh Jenkins, Bike Shop Girl, wrote "10 Things to Know as a Beginner," and at the end of the article asks, "This list could be 100 points long. What are the things you know now…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/bike-shop-girls-advice-for-beginners/
Photo CC licensed by Flickr user ✿Low✿
This is why I always wear black in the shop! Y'all got some dirty drive trains. ;]
Breaking Chains Taking Lanes wrote a…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/how-to-spot-a-femme-bike-mechanic/
Peloton Magazine's Heidi Swift will be riding and writing from France as a member of the Rêve Women's Team that is riding the entire route of the 2012 TDF on behalf of Bik…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/amateur-women-to-conquer-tdf/
I cannot pinpoint exactly when things began to turn around for me. Possibly it was moving to a large city in my late 20s where I was suddenly doing lots of walking - not for exe…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/cycling-up-an-appetite/
A recent post on Taking the Lane by Elly Blue got me thinking about "tooting your own horn."
A topic that kept coming up again and again is that when we are in male…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/tooting-your-own-horn/
I often ponder the scale of the world, and how I fit into the equation. Have you ever taken a slow walk along a road with one or two storefronts a mile, or driven a car reall…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/scale-and-looking-vs.-seeing/
You are a shining example of a cyclist. You care about your health, your safety on the road, and you care about your bike. Doesn't riding your bike feel great? Do you ever feel…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/how-and-why-to-advocate-baby-steps/
Cycle chic is an interesting cultural phenomenon. If you are unfamiliar with the movement that was launched by a blog, Cycle Chic, by a photographer named Mikael Colville-Anderse…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/cycle-chic-discussion/
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="607" caption="Illus. in: Puck, 1895 June 19, cover, p. 288. Color halftone repro. of drawing by F. Opper, copyrighted by Keppler & Sc…
http://greaserag.org/user_blogs/lowrah/the-new-woman-and-her-bicycle/
02 May
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