Bike, Trike

Riding a bike makes you a second class person

In what world is this a bike lane? Traffic is moving at 60mph. Why would the traffic authority even consider making this a bike lane until the construction was done. I understand the need to prove to higher authorities that you need funding for projects, such a bike lanes, but this is just insane. Just… Continue reading Riding a bike makes you a second class person

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Let’s go

It's Bike Travel Weekend June 1-3 2018. Where are you pedaling to? Bike Travel Weekend

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Dreaming of biking as a lifestyle

Why can we be like this when it comes to biking Biking though Copenhagen https://youtu.be/xsDxOx7PUP0

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If we’re going to splurge

When dinner is full of calories but oh so yummy, the only way to not have guilt was the pedal the 15 miles on a cold night. Best night ever, tasty BBQ and a fun ride.

Bike, Trike, Uncategorized

Even middle-aged couch potatoes can help their heart with exercise

Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Sedentary middle-aged adults who start intense exercise training may be able to prevent or reduce cardiac stiffness that can lead to heart failure, a small experiment suggests. For the experiment, researchers randomly assigned 61 sedentary adults who were 54 years old, on average, to join a two-year exercise program or… Continue reading Even middle-aged couch potatoes can help their heart with exercise

Bike, ELF, PEBL, Trike

We’re making progress

I just took Georgie Girl out for a spin that wasn’t just around the block. Dang does she move. The same streets I pedaled Shelby on this morning and had to work to get to 20mph, Georgie and I zip right along hitting 25mph with a super ez pedal. She does whine and sound like… Continue reading We’re making progress

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When California almost built a bicycle superhighway

A portion of the California Cycleway in 1900. (Pasadena Museum of History) Copenhagen has been hailed for its so-called bicycle superhighways, started in 2012. But a Southern Californian had the idea more than a century earlier. It was this week in 1900 that saw the opening of the California Cycleway, an elevated wooden path designed to… Continue reading When California almost built a bicycle superhighway

Bike, health, stress

Why just why?

You know it's going to be a long day when you open the freezer in the garage wondering why you can't find your jeans in the dryer. Worst part was, it took a few seconds for me to figure out what was wrong. Ugh!