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Category: Random Thoughts

The sneak-it-in bike ride

My favorite type of bike ride is definitely a long, meandering, multi-day tour to beautiful natural places I’ve never been before. But a close, close second is a bike ride in my own city that I can sneak in to an otherwise normal day. Especially if I end up somewhere …

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stasia October 27, 2012 October 27, 2012Portland, Random Thoughts, Rides and Randonnees 0

stasia’s #1 anecdotal reason not to wear headphones while you bike

Today so far has been a day of dropped things. First, on the way to work, a man turned in front of me and pop! His wallet fell out of his back pocket and dropped to the ground. He didn’t notice, I guess, and kept biking, so I stopped to …

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stasia October 3, 2012 October 3, 2012Random Thoughts 0

James’ first century!

Who biked 100 miles for the first time in his life this weekend? This guy! (and look how happy he is about it!:) That’s right. For more than a year now, James has been talking about riding a century, but it’s never really worked out. Last summer his back was …

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stasia August 26, 2012 August 26, 2012Random Thoughts, Rides and Randonnees 4

The world is cooler when you’re on a bike

There’s something about biking that you really don’t get when you’re in a car: a heightened awareness of what’s going on around you. And when you take heightened sensory awareness and add the bike-induced ability to stop randomly, pull off the road, and actually look at things, you turn what …

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stasia August 19, 2012 August 19, 2012Random Thoughts, Things You Might See While Biking 0
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