By Jen Riding at this time of year is a psychological battle for me. It’s too cold, isn’t it? NO. What do I wear?! What do I wear?! I know I’ll be happy once on the bike, but the rapidly changing temperatures make it hard for me to remember what Continue Reading →
I know you’ve been waiting for this. Grease Rag Ride & Wrench is excited to present our 3rd Annual Winter Maintenance Skill Share Sunday, November 6, 12-3pm YWCA classroom, 2121 East Lake St. (Bring photo ID) There is no cost for this event Snacks and beverages will be provided. Please Continue Reading →
As a participant in Trail Watch, the community watch/ bike ride that takes place on the Midtown Greenway, I was offered a free self-defense class from Krav Maga Minneapolis, owned by Gail Boxrud and Dante Pastrano. The class that was being offered, “Krav Maga on Bicycles,” is the first of its Continue Reading →
By Jen I love feministhulk. 140 CHARACTERS OF FEMINISM, YOGA, TEA, JUDITH BUTLER, COOKING, BIKES, GENDER, AND HEGEMONY-SMASHING GOODNESS! I don’t follow Twitter, so I subscribe to this on my RSS feed (Google Reader is one example of this) and the updates always make me smile. The most recent: HULK Continue Reading →
By Jen Wise words from Brown Girl in the Lane. She asks, if 10,000 hours spent on an activity makes one an expert, what does a cycling expert look like? At her conservative estimate of 10,000+ hours in the saddle, here are her rules for cycling. I put some of Continue Reading →
By Jen Another trip to the Farmers Market, by bike. This morning I went to the Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market, located on East Lyndale Ave N kinda behind the Basilica of St Mary. For those of you keeping track, that is not actually “NE.” Total haul: one bunch rhubarb, one Continue Reading →
By Jen I’m super-excited for Babes in Bikeland this weekend! It’s not quite the only thing I talk about, but it’s certainly on my mind. I’m pretty lucky that my roommate is racing too. So what am I bringing to the race with me? This post on what to bring Continue Reading →
By : Jen I’m back from a wonderful week visiting with my parents and grandmother in Nova Scotia. HILLY Nova Scotia. So you can guess the theme of my rides in the recent past. One of the really cool things about riding more and more in the past year is Continue Reading →
By Jen I haven’t been blogging much recently, and haven’t been biking as much as I want to, due to non-bike obligations. Sometime it feels like I’m in an inertial state, and right now this body at rest has stayed at rest. So back on the blog wagon, although be Continue Reading →
By : Charlotte Fagan Like many WTF riders – I don’t have a lot of upper arm strength. No matter how much I pump iron (which isn’t often… if at all) – my arms are just never going to be super buff. And sometimes it can be an issue when Continue Reading →
