We’re in what the tourism industry calls a shoulder season. I think of it as “cover your shoulders” season when I’m getting dressed for the morning departure on my bike. Cover your legs, for that matter. Last Thursday the forecast…Continue Reading
Month: October 2011
The last time I wrote about chicking a guy, it was all in good fun. But these last two? They deserved it, and here’s why. Rider #1: You whooshed by me last week heading north/downhill in the Southeast Boulevard bike…Continue Reading
A short post to describe the behavior of a guy on a bike in downtown Spokane the other day. That is, to complain in just the manner I said I’m tired of hearing from people who don’t bike. Could have…Continue Reading
I had an epiphany about cycling—while I was driving. Maybe because I don’t drive very often any more, choosing to take Spokane Transit to work if it’s too snowy for my skinny road tires, I’m more conscious of the actual act of…Continue Reading
Back in 2007-2008 when I worked with a bunch of outstanding volunteers to launch major annual celebration of Bike to Work Week and founded what became Spokane Bikes, I became a highly visible poster girl for biking. (So much so…Continue Reading
Used to be, I’d walk into a room for a business meeting and get a look or two as I stripped off my helmet and bike gloves and dug my notebook out of the pannier bag serving as my briefcase.…Continue Reading
Name: Jamie Lynn Morgan Location: Hayden Lake, Idaho Things Jamie does: I am a craft-beer-loving bicycle-riding wife to one and mother to three. Currently I’m the owner of a travel and tourism marketing company (I just use my name for…Continue Reading
You know your bike makes a difference in your life. It gives you a sense of independence or style or a respite from the demands of technology. Think what your bike would mean to you if it represented the only…Continue Reading
Many awesome excuses abound for riding your bike. I keep threatening to organize a Cupcake Ride, for example, although we’re starting to lose the kind of weather that makes people happy to get out and spend the better part of a…Continue Reading
To round out Pants Week after laying out design specifications for stylish biking pants, shopping, shopping some more, and dealing with the pants I already own, the blogspedition ventured forth to see what other women bike bloggers (and a few…Continue Reading
This is the stuff they didn’t teach us in Home Ec back at Bowdish Junior High School in the Spokane Valley (go Rockets!): How to manage your pant leg so it doesn’t get caught in the bike chain. While I’ve…Continue Reading