By Lowrah April showers bring May flowers, but jeepers creepers, where are my street sweepers? During Grease Rag recently our go around topic was “favorite songs about rain,” because of the constant drizzle to downpour rain over the past two weeks. Two weeks! What do you do when it rains, Continue Reading →
This morning I was whining and whinging like a colicky baby about how I didn’t want to get out of bed. I didn’t want to put pants on. I didn’t want to ride my bike into work. Because I was getting distracted by the numbers: -17, -37, 9. That’s air Continue Reading →
By Lauren So you have decided to race an alleycat race! Congratulations! Here are some tips from a 4-time Babes in Bikeland participant, Lauren. She learned it all the hard way, so you don’t have to. Before the race Drink plenty of water the day before and day of. Make 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 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 : edurkee Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! An example of what kind of team-player I am! I started a post on how to ride in a group and never finished it. Sorry, to busy being solo! Anyhow. Riding in a group was my challenge of the summer. I’ve Continue Reading →
