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Category: Materials and Gear

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Being a bike-shopping buddy

It was a new bike day for this lovely lady this week: And being her bike-shopping buddy made me remember how much goes into finding just the right bike — and how intimidating that can be if you don’t feel like you know much about bikes to begin with. She’d …

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stasia March 9, 2016 March 9, 2016Materials and Gear 2

Lighting my way: hub-powered bike lights

As you know if you’ve read this blog recently, I spend an awful lot of time these days biking in the dark. Though the days are getting slooooooowly longer and the percentage of sunny vs. rainy days might be getting better, I, like many people here, still bike to work …

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stasia January 10, 2016 January 10, 2016Materials and Gear 2

Long-lost bikey loves

This is the bike that started it all: (a good old Trek 1500: low-end but lovely racing bike) I bought it in 2005 after I graduated from college. My roommate and I had just moved away from our shabby house in Portland into what I think was the last affordable …

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stasia August 29, 2015 August 30, 2015Materials and Gear 0

A (silly) bikey soulmate moment

Awww. I came out of Planet Granite the other day and found that my bike — a Soma Double Cross — had been joined at its bike rack by another Soma Double Cross. (double trouble of black Double Crosses:) I do so love my bitty bicicleta, and when I see …

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stasia April 22, 2015 April 22, 2015Materials and Gear, Things You Might See While Biking 2
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