Yep, still questing. I’m listing some additional options I found after my Phase I pants quest in all those Google search sessions while my family watches a movie and I multi-task (because really, how many movies these days can hold…Continue Reading
Category: Do You Need to Go Shopping?
Product reviews, “dream” shopping lists of products we’d love to find, and meditations on when and why we should/shouldn’t go shopping.
The saga continues…. As I described in an earlier post, I’ve been searching for quite a while for a decent pair of pants that will work for professional settings and truly give me riding comfort. I have purchased exactly one pair…Continue Reading
For someone who rides much of the year in skirts I have spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about pants. The next couple of posts will take you through my by-now-slightly-obsessive quest for the perfect pants, along with some tips for managing…Continue Reading
Speaking of bike gloves (which you’ll want if you happen to fall down or if your nose runs), get a pair. Fingerless (half-finger, really) work well for summer. If you’re riding into the fall you’ll want ones with full fingers. Once…Continue Reading
I’m not a backpack gal. I don’t like the sweat or the weight messing with my center of gravity. I do, however, haul a fair amount some days. You can find a variety of types of bags with different ways…Continue Reading
OK, now it starts to sound complicated. You don’t just need a bike–you need all this other stuff. Maybe not all at once, mind you, but over time once you get hooked (and you will) you will start picking up…Continue Reading
For some people, the first thing on the to-do list to enable bike commuting is “Buy a bike”! If that’s the case, go to a local bike shop (LBS, in the insider vernacular). This means a place where someone can…Continue Reading
We’ll have our usual great line-up and some new things at a couple of events in September. Come say hi and get a little something to wear to Spokefest, a Belles and Basket ride, or tooling around town, for yourself…Continue Reading
I went to shake CP’s hand. We looked at each other. Opening her arms wide, she smiled and said, “Give me a hug.” “Oh, good, that’s how I felt too!” I responded. We hugged goodbye. Thus ended Bikespedition #2—with a…Continue Reading
The Second Avenue stretch of SoDo offers so much for the bikespeditioning* shopper that I’m writing a two-parter. We started by parking our bikes in the rack made of bike frames by the west entrance of the Spokane Public Market, a…Continue Reading
That moment where you buy more than you can carry and go stow your purchases in the trunk of the car? You can have something similar on your bike with the Donkey Boxx. I’ve had one on my bike for…Continue Reading