So I just rode my bike completely into downtown and WOW what an awful experience! Downtown Chicago is so completely unfriendly to bicycles! Everyone just acts like heartless animals!?!? I was moments from being smashed by a huge white van. He just started to come right at me! There isn’t a bell that I could’ve … More...
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“Bikers” meaning cyclists of course, not big burly men with weak calves that “ride” “bikes” and wear leather chaps… This story from the Chicago Tribune absolutely cracks me up. I mean, I would be the one person that would flail out into traffic of course and get hit and that wouldn’t be the least bit … More...
I woke up with great expectations this morning. I charged ahead, packed my lunch, grabbed my gear, and jumped on Roxie, my vintage motobecane, heading north on Southport…determined to struggle the 8.8 miles to work… And I completely failed. It was much colder than I had anticipated and I didn’t even have a sweatshirt or … More...
We have decided to attempt a 3 day FAST. Yeah, kinda crazy, but our natural health bible says that it rids your body of toxins and cleans out your system and that is certainly something that we could use. But to prepare, its best to eat nothing but raw fruits and vegetables for the 2 … More...
Okay, so I’m completely in love with my bike, I named her Roxie after getting her from an uncle at Christmas brunch! Her full name is Roxanne because of course, she is so hot, blonde, likes to be between my legs, and is of course….French. There is just something special about this bike. She feels … More...
