Last week I had the chance to co-teach not only a workshop about bike touring for women, but also a mini workshop about randonneuring. Both were awesome, and both reminded me of how much I fricken love teaching–especially to people who are super psyched about whatever the subject matter is. …
I’m not really a fast cyclist. For all that I like to talk about working hard on my bike, it doesn’t actually mean, objectively speaking, that I’m all that speedy. But that being said, I do sometimes like the feeling of flying. Last night, with too much pent-up energy, I …
Not too long ago, I wrote about how awesome it is that being on a bike makes you nimble: you can stop, turn around, change your mind mid-trip relatively easily, without endangering yourself or other people on the road. I’ve also written that I love being on my bike for …
That’s right. This morning I officially gave up my California license to become a real Oregonian. Let’s overlook the fact that I should, technically speaking, have done this–well, a pretty darn long time ago. (It’s easy to just keep one’s out-of-state license when one doesn’t own a car and one’s …
