Here we go again

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Decided to pick up the mantle of this old blog, nearly 10 years after abandoning it. I didn’t realize it would still be out there in the wilds of the internet without any interference on my behalf — but color me surprised. My original blog was all about my two passions: bikes and sewing. Not sure if I want to keep that up or shift gears (pun intended), but I still like both.

Bikes: I don’t ride bikes much these days, but I’m looking to get back in the saddle. It might be a slow start, but I’m hoping to rediscover the joy of pedaling.

Sewing: I do a lot more of that now, but not so much for my day-to-day wardrobe or cycling hats anymore. These days, my talents are spent making clothes for Renaissance Faires — think shifts, gowns, and tunics.

TL;DR on the last 10 years: Got an office job, raced bikes, earned a master’s degree, broke my arm, survived COVID, moved to the ‘burbs, and got some dogs. Life’s been a ride, both literally and figuratively.

If you’re an old reader, welcome back! If you’re new here, buckle up. Expect stories, projects, and probably a dog photo or two. Here’s to whatever this next chapter brings!

Yes – I put my dogs in sweaters.

Strava bans?

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Strava bans?

Yes, Lance Armstrong captured lots of hearts out there. He made lots of people excited about cycling. Then he proceeded to stomp on those hearts when he admitted to an incredibly brazen doping scheme. However, to all of those people calling for his over 150 KOMs to be removed, shut up! Really, get a life. If you loose a KOM to Lance Armstrong it’s because he’s faster than you…..

Remember all those TdF victories? Yes, he was doping but so was every single one of those guys and he still kicked their asses. I’m sure even some of the spectators were jumping on the EPO bandwagon but you didn’t see them pulling on that coveted yellow jersey.

Ban Lance from Strava? You’ve got to be kidding me.

 

 

 

Girls Ride Out!

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I went on a bike ride with my friend today to visit Laumeier Sculpture Park.

It started with espresso and went, literally, uphill from there.

It was an unnecessarily hard ride that probably signals that I need to do more work on climbing hills. (Technically, since I have a short non-hilly commute and only race track I don’t really need that work…. but that is a lazy mentality that I don’t need to adopt… moving on.)

As soon as we got there it started raining so we hid out and ate trail mix in this tree tent.

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I wonder if anyone would notice if I just stayed up here all night?

After the rain subsided, we rode around in the slick grass and wet trails and looked at some art.

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Track bike meet big red steel thing

(As you can probably tell from the picture, it got a little foggy in my jersey pocket.)

The ride home was a complete blast; hill-bombing and frozen custard.

Next week I get to ride on Chicago’s Velocampus. Can’t Wait!!! More ladies on bikes!

Sincere Question: Why Aren’t Libertarians More Into Bicycles?

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My favorite line from this ,”American Libertarians are not just obsessed with their cars, but are the kind of people who drive down their driveways to the mailbox, and then idle at the mailbox, just to burn extra fuel on Earth Day”. I love my bike!

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New York’s highly-anticipated launch of CitiBike has brought the requisite pro– and anti-cycling freakouts from all corners of the Internet—or, rather, all American corners of the Internet, because people in Europe and Asia have been using bike-share programs for ages and nobody gives a shit.

I used CityBike in Vienna quite often—sometimes just to ride around for fun and get lost, other times to get somewhere—as did innumerable residents and tourists alike. Everyone loved CityBike—or, if they didn’t, they certainly didn’t go on borderline-incomprehensible antigovernment rants about it (despite CitiBike being 100 percent privately operated), which then devolved once again into the usual stable of anecdotally-based faux-data about cyclists: law-flouting anarchists whose superpowers emanate primarily from not having a real job and ruining the American way of life: we are Americans, and we drive everywhere, and it works out great for us (or not…check the young…

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Velo-Madness

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Last night was so much fun at the Penrose Park Velodrome. Except that there were lots of worrying about whether or not the rain would stay and if the track would dry in time. I also had the wrong gear ratio on my bike and my flying-200M time was where it was at 2 months ago.

However, watching a match sprint tournament with some of the fastest people in Saint Louis made it all okay. (Especially when you are watching your friends get smoked or race each other.)

Even when I finished pretty much last place in almost every race that night.

Except for the chariot race, a one lap race from a standing start. That is my JAM!

Well, I’m off to work to ride my old cruiser because I lost my Allen key that I need to put the brake lever on my bike and I only ride brake-less on the track.

Bridge 2 Bridge Victory

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I’ve been away for quite some time and I am not entirely sure why…. Yes, I’ve been busy with baking, job searching, training, sewing, motherhood, and basically life in general but I guess I’ve just been a little lazy with the whole blogging thing. Well, I am back and with lots of cool stuff to write about.

Today, though, you should know that this weekend I won first place ladies in the Bridge 2 Bridge race.

I didn’t even make up my mind to do the race until Friday afternoon and I wasn’t sure I would be able to do it thanks to not having a babysitter on call. Luckily, someone stepped up to the plate at the last minute (alright about an hour or two before we needed to head out) and we were able to do the race together.

Racing is fun, racing with your husband is even better (especially when he lets you draft him 98% of the time).

Anyways, I finished in the first half and had a blast and now think I might have finally caught that racing bug.

Chris Green took pictures and video and I am looking forward to seeing them.

I have to be off now, but enjoy the spring weather… FINALLY… and I will be back on here regularly