Fridays are a good day for me to telework. I seldom have work meetings and if I do they tend to be conference calls. I can hunker down at the computer and put in a long concentrated block of work,…Continue Reading
Category: Biking in Style
Personal stories (not just mine) about the quest for bike style.
I’m already a member of one club created by love of a particular product that leads to spontaneous conversations with total strangers. I am, of course, speaking of the total strangers you will walk up to if you are both…Continue Reading
An early fundraising breakfast makes for an early bike ride. The morning was cool and overcast and the forecast suggested the possibility of some liquid sunshine later, so I took my rain skirt and rain jacket along in case I…Continue Reading
If the search term “triathlon” led you here in hopes of some secret sauce for training to complete an Ironman, so sorry. My idea of a triathlon is a day in which I manage to work in a bike ride,…Continue Reading
Being sick for over two weeks with a respiratory crud is no way to prepare for 30 days of biking. That pesky nagging cough that started in mid-March is still hanging around. Nonetheless I rolled on day one by taking…Continue Reading
Guess what I get to pick up tomorrow? Tralala, tralala. Hint: I’m going to @GoFamilyCyclery. More hints: Good for 🌎, makes me 😍, gets me up 🏔️ more easily. — Barb Chamberlain (@barbchamberlain) March 14, 2019 I’ve been talking up…Continue Reading
Over the years I’ve road-tested a number of products that help my bicycling more comfortable and more stylish. This list makes it easier for you to send very pointed hints to people who love you and want to make you…Continue Reading
It was a dark and stormy night . . . and I went for a bike ride. P It happens regularly this time of year; That moment when someone makes a statement disguised as a question: “You don’t ride…Continue Reading
Just for fun, a Bike Bingo Bikespedition card for you to play with during National Bike Month — or any time. It’s two-sided with activities chosen that try not to assume you do a certain type of riding. Some are…Continue Reading
When I started riding my bike to work I did so only on the days that I deemed “perfect” for bike commuting. Back then in the long-ago, this meant: No rain, no wind, no snow, no fog, no excessive heat, and…Continue Reading
I know I always make it sound so easy to do things on my bicycle. But here’s the thing [whispers]: It is. In saying this I want to acknowledge first that I have no physical barriers to biking and my…Continue Reading