June 2011
dan ciskey is a superstar
So says my new saddle.
As do I.
May 2011
“I’d like to start featuring the words and stories of fat people who ride bikes. Whether you’re Cycle Chic/Cycle Chunk, a hardcore urban commando commuter, or whether you do cross-country bike tours every summer. If you routinely participate in century rides, or if all you do is ride to the grocery store and back, I’d like to hear from you. Send your story and a photo of you with your bike to cecily (at) cecily (dot) info, and let’s work together to challenge the conventional wisdom that cycling will magically make you thin. If you happen to live in Vancouver, BC, I’ll even volunteer to shoot a photo of you on your bike!”
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Calling All Fat-Bottomed Girls (and Boys) — an intermittent record
Fat cyclists - Go write Cecily!
Tumblr Ride - Caldwell Woods Meetup - the chainlink →
thechainlink.org
You guys are going on Taeblog’s ride on Saturday right? RIGHT?
“The Framingham Heart Study, for example, monitored women’s health over the course of 20 years. The research revealed that women who took only one vacation every six years were nearly eight times more likely to develop coronary heart disease.”
—Seriously, You Need a Vacation
How is it...
that an impossible task, an “OMG, this will take me five hours” task on a Friday becomes a one hour task on a Mon/Tuesday morning?
company hangover
How can I spend most of a weekend with friends and still feel lonely on Monday night?
I love love love that we have the same pannier!
I rode a lot in the suburbs and it wasn't bad. But tomorrow I will try to return to commuting on the big bad streets of new York. Wish me luck!
All the luck in the world!
un/intentionally
Intentionally: I wore a dress for Bike the Drive, because I believe anyone can bike in almost any outfit.
Unintentionally: I wore the dress I was wearing when I was hit by that pesky SUV in September.
what a difference a winter makes
My first longest ride was a spontaneous ride on Labor Day with Joseph to the Bean and back. It wasn’t too hard, because we didn’t plan it. No getting worked up, no getting nervous.
A few days later I was hit by an SUV and one of my common whines was, “but I just found out I can go on long rides!”
Then in November, James and I went on three all healed rides. The second was 26 miles that kicked both of our still healing bodies.
A couple weekends ago, I did the same 26 mile route with Dan. Same Schwinn I rode in the winter, but with five more months of healing and strengthening. It was semi-spontaneous with just a couple hours to prepare instead of days.
Yesterday was my first real ride on my Surly. Oh, that’s a nice bike. I rode with five friends and we did 30 miles. My knee gave out a few times and my top U-lock must be moved to a less bruising place, but it was a spectacular ride. Great conversations, amazing new bike that just wants to go fast and 30 miles without tears or fears.
Nobody could have convinced me a year ago that I would wake up voluntarily at 530am, ride 30 miles and be ready to do it again the next day.
new longest ride ever
30 miles on lake shore drive.
snap
My chain busted tonight when I was crossing Western. Then I walked three miles or so home.
I grabbed the chain and hear it may be fixable… sigh.
(Schwinn, not Surly)
