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  • Friday is Bike Everywhere Day! Plan your commute accordingly, Friends.

    Friday is Bike Everywhere Day!
    Plan your commute accordingly, Friends.

    Felt compelled to do this PSA: Friday May 18th is Bike Everywhere Day! I’m just going to leave this link for Bike Everywhere Month here … Check it out for a map of the fun bike stations that will pop up around town on Friday. It’s a fun party atmosphere (er, starting at 6AM), and I’m…

  • Friendly Friday – What do YOU think of bike share? 3 questions just for you.

    On the coat tails of last week’s bike share cage match post: I’ve been curious: what are YOUR feelings on bike share, Dear Reader? Here are three questions for you. Check back for the aggregate results! [wpsqt name=”Bike Share survey” type=”poll”] Got more to add? Comment below to share!

  • I learned to bike when I was 18

    I learned to bike when I was 18

    I learned to bike when I was eighteen. I had gone on the University of Minnesota’s excellent study abroad program to Tianjin, China. It’s two hours south of Beijing by train. The first week Charles Sanft, our Program Director took us to buy bikes for $20 apiece and told us that’d be our main transportation…

  • 5 Tips to Get Around Taipei

    5 Tips to Get Around Taipei

    5 Things to Know About Getting Around Taipei – It is SO easy to get around! ..once you take a few steps to get going. Here are a few tips I learned from my trip there.

  • Thrifty Thursday: How to Save on Shopping When You Bike

    Thrifty Thursday: How to Save on Shopping When You Bike

    Right in time for April’s 30 Days of Biking: BicycleBenefits.org offers this $5 sticker which gets you discounts at different places across the nation! Just bring your stickered bike helmet in when you arrive on two wheels, and not only will you save marginal cost on gas and car maintenance, but literally get a discount when,…

  • Tricking Yourself into Exercise: Recipe for an Active Day on Two Wheels with City Fruit

    Tricking Yourself into Exercise:
    Recipe for an Active Day on Two Wheels with City Fruit

    I really wanted you to know this: Apples most likely originated in Kazakhstan from the Malus sieversii and brought over to America with European colonists then became a part of American culture with a little help from Mr. Appleseed himself, John Chapman. Around the turn of the 19th century, Johnny Appleseed bought some apple seeds…

  • Cranksgiving Seattle 2013

    Cranksgiving Seattle 2013

    In the last few years, through a dramatic health-related life event, I have (a)become a little more acutely grateful of being alive at all, and (b)felt a more urgent need to put in the time investments now to ensure a longer and healthier life. So in that vein, after the unhappy consequences of Reduced Sugar…