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Category: Materials and Gear

The stuff that gets you places

The perfect water bottle

My epic quest for a perfect water bottle is, I think, finally over. And it ends with this: (the Clean Bottle) When I say “perfect water bottle,” I mean a water bottle that fits a few criteria: It fits in my bottle cage without rattling around It’s easy to drink …

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stasia May 1, 2012 May 1, 2012Materials and Gear 2

the winter shoe experiment

Portland is cold and wet in the winter. When one bikes through the winter here, then, one tends to also get wet–though, with the proper clothing, hopefully not too cold. I actually enjoy winter biking on the whole, but the weak point for me is always my hands and feet. …

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stasia March 2, 2012 March 2, 2012Materials and Gear 0

questing for the perfect waterbottle

In, oh, ten years of using only a bike for transportation, I have yet to find the perfect waterbottle solution. Since I started biking, I’ve generally used some form of the generic plastic bottle–you know, the kind where you can open it with your teeth while you’re biking and hydrate …

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stasia October 26, 2011 October 26, 2011Materials and Gear 1

waterproof gloves, anyone?

My poor gloves. Back in February, the universe conspired to help me get rid of two old pairs of gloves that had way outlived their usefulness but that I couldn’t quite get rid of. (If there’s anything I hate, it’s buying new stuff.) First, I dropped one of my gloves …

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stasia April 28, 2011 August 29, 2013Materials and Gear 0
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