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Wheeling through Winter, Riding in the Rain: Bicycling Gear ABCs to Keep You Rolling

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on December 13, 2018December 27, 2018

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

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Event Planning 101: It’s Transportation + Accessibility Information, Not Parking Information

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on August 4, 2018August 4, 2018

We showcase our assumptions, biases, and default settings every day with the words we choose and the choices we present to others. Sometimes we can’t see it when we’re looking straight at it. Here, for example, is how not to wrap…Continue Reading

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Why 30 Days of Biking? (Or More)

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on April 1, 2018November 25, 2018

You may think that by pledging to 30 Days of Biking you’re helping yourself form a healthy new habit. That may be the case — but it may take more (or less) than 30 days. Heaven knows I’ve taken enough…Continue Reading

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Listening to Your Legs–Or Not, As the Case May Be

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on September 2, 2013May 31, 2014

Disclaimer: I’m not any kind of trainer, certified or otherwise. This is my personal experience and YMMV.* As I’ve ridden more the past few months I’ve learned two things: Listen to your legs. Don’t listen to your legs. Listen to…Continue Reading

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Take It Easy: How NOT to Increase Your Weekly Mileage

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on June 3, 2013

I needed to heed a piece of advice from The Eagles. “Take it easy, take it easy. Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.” I so very definitively did not take it easy in going from a…Continue Reading

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Not Even Fully Loaded: Another Grocery Run

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on March 17, 2013January 11, 2014

Just how much can you haul on a bike ride to the grocery store? Depends on how many bags you have! When we lived in Spokane the grocery store nearest our house was just over 1.5 miles away uphill, which…Continue Reading

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5 Behavior and Culture Hacks to Get People to Ride Bikes and Walk

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on March 11, 2013May 31, 2014

Serendipity gives me lots of blog fodder, in this case the coincidence of reading a piece on GOOD about how to get people to eat less meat within 24 hours of being directed to the elevators inside the Cannon Office Building…Continue Reading

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Barb Chamberlain on a road bike with a Donkey Boxx and a helmet cover by Hub and Bespoke.

(Re) Learning to Ride a Road Bike

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on February 10, 2013April 21, 2013

I believe I’ve proven in these pages that I’m perfectly willing to (a) give you a laugh at my expense and (b) prove that I’m not an expert on bikes. My confusion over the Trek’s shifting mechanism when I tried…Continue Reading

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Choosing a Bike Saddle Is like Choosing a Life Partner: An Andrea Post, Part III

  • By Andrea Parrish
  • Posted on September 28, 2012January 13, 2013

In Part I of this three-part series we discussed the bike saddle/bike seat debate (we say both sides win–call it what you want to call it). Part II looked at the types of relationships you might have with your bike seat,…Continue Reading

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Bike Seats,Bike Saddles

Choosing a Bike Saddle Is like Choosing a Life Partner: An Andrea Post, Part II

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on September 26, 2012January 13, 2013

In Part I of our series on how to choose a bike saddle so you might actually feel comfortable riding, the important parallels between life partners and bike saddles or bike seats were explored. Extending the analogy, herewith are the…Continue Reading

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Bike Seats,Bike Saddles

Choosing a Bike Saddle Is like Choosing a Life Partner: An Andrea Post, Part I

  • By Andrea Parrish
  • Posted on September 24, 2012January 13, 2013

In the 1960s, car designers began including something new and rather revolutionary in vehicles:  cup holders. These devices, once considered a luxury, quickly moved from novelty to selling point. Now some car experts claim that the number of cupholders can…Continue Reading

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