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One more reason Portland is awesome

  This is the best: leaving the Oregon Symphony late last night, everyone pouring from the warmth of the concert hall to the wet and cold of outside. My bike and my concert-date’s bike are a block away from each other, because there are many, many other bicycles parked near…

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stasia February 10, 2015 February 10, 2015Portland 1

Why bike touring makes you a badass

  Ha! Chalk this post up to shameless self-promotion, but I thought this clip from my professional-athlete brother and his professional-athlete friend, talking about their two “sufferfest” bike/climbing tours, was hilarious (the best stuff for bike touring badassery starts around 40 seconds:)     Just for fairness’ sake, this was…

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stasia February 8, 2015 February 8, 2015Great Ideas, Random Thoughts 4

The Potrero Nuevo Farm Bike Hut: bikey community at its best

When I think of California’s Bay Area, I think of throngs of people and hordes of traffic. I do not think of good biking. At least, I didn’t, until I went down to visit my good friend Mark, previously of Upcycles in Portland and now relocated to Beeline Bikes in…

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stasia February 3, 2015 February 3, 2015Great Ideas, Things You Might See While Biking 1

Switchin’ it up (reducing life’s routine)

I’ll admit it. I would love to be taking giant bike adventures all the time. But of course, life is definitely not always a giant bike adventure. Sometimes, life is a routine. And sometimes, in that routine, it seems like the same sorts of things happen in the same sorts…

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stasia January 28, 2015 January 28, 2015Random Thoughts 5
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