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Round-ups of links to blog posts on topics related to women, biking, fashion and other things we have in common.

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New Year Ahead

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on January 1, 2025January 1, 2025

Objectively speaking if we step away from human-made calendars then every day is New Year’s Day. Which is to say, on any given day a whole year of days stretch out in front of you, just waiting for you to…Continue Reading

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Photo of a penny farthing bicycle (the kind with the giant front wheel and tiny back wheel) and the words Hello January! above

Riding Down Memory Lane: January

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on January 7, 2024November 9, 2024

Some blog posts are evergreen, some a flashback to events I haven’t thought about in quite a while. Rolling back through the archives, month by month, yields this round-up of posts written in Januaries past. This isn’t every last January…Continue Reading

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2023 Greatest Hits (and ones that should be)

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on December 31, 2023November 9, 2024

Some posts roll, some get a flat tire not long after they head out into the world. I write to share thoughts and information, not to try for a huge following, but it’s still instructive to review which posts gain…Continue Reading

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Alas, you can't see how the two peachy pieces on top complement each other. But you can see the snow on the ground. Luckily I don't have to ride in it with my skinny tires!

Riding Down Memory Lane: December

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on December 1, 2023August 18, 2023

Don’t assume December will be too wet, cold, icy or snowy to ride. Even living in the four-season climate in Spokane I often rode on bare, dry roads in md-December. If you have the right clothing to go for a…Continue Reading

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Riding Down Memory Lane: November

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on November 1, 2023August 18, 2023

So many, many things to be thankful for this month or any month, and the ability to move our bodies outside is one of them. Reminder of November Bike Events All month long: #RideInTheRain. This one is promoted by Washington…Continue Reading

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Riding Down Memory Lane: October

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on October 1, 2023August 18, 2023

In October those fall colors are simply glorious and the leaves make a nice crunchy sound when we ride through them (although be careful since you don’t always know what’s underneath and you wouldn’t want a flat tire). Reminder of…Continue Reading

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Riding Down Memory Lane: September

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on September 1, 2023September 2, 2023

Back to school month, so it’s time to organize a bike bus if you have school-aged kids. If you don’t have school-aged kids you can just celebrate the beautiful riding of early fall, with some crisp mornings and sunny days.…Continue Reading

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Riding Down Memory Lane: August

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on July 31, 2023July 1, 2023

Even if August brings the dog days of summer, when we ride we make our own breezes. Reminder of August Bike Events National Bike Challenge continues. Riding Down Memory Lane: Posts from the Dog Days of Augusts Past I don’t…Continue Reading

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More Poems on the Bike Rack

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

“The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.” — Christopher Morley Those bicycle poems keep showing up. I rounded up a first post and within about two days spotted the next one. I don’t…Continue Reading

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Drawing of a person on a bicycle, with their body rendered in stars and stripes like the US flag. The head is blue with white stars, body red and white stripes.

Riding Down Memory Lane: July

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on June 30, 2023June 16, 2023

A wonderful month for riding, whether you head out early to avoid the heat of midday, bike to the local pool (what is this, a triathlon?) or ride down Main Street in a local parade. If you’re a fan of…Continue Reading

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Hand-drawn upright turquoise bicycle with lettering that reads Happy April! #30daysofbiking. By Melissa Balmer, PedalLove.com

Riding Down Memory Lane: April

  • By Barb from Bike Style
  • Posted on March 31, 2023April 16, 2023

Bike events coming up in April–think #30DaysOfBiking–and links to some of my blog posts from past Aprils.

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