tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403971944301624342011-07-08T03:43:39.288-07:00Betty Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956678589248795491noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540397194430162434.post-41721283617032669002011-04-24T20:28:00.000-07:002011-04-24T20:32:22.148-07:00

So. Fascinating. He makes it look so easy. Someday I would like to be this good at at least one thing.

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This blog has been dead for a reason. I put my fixie up last fall and haven't ridden it since. Word. I am so out of shape I can barely make a short ride. :/ But - I got the motobacane down and did the min: air in tires, lube on chain, new lights on bike (including some fun motion activated blinkie lights on the valve stems), moved the seat forward, zip tied the brake cable up, tightened the crank

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You know who you are. You love to bike, or maybe just like to bike, but want to bike more. You love the hardcore riding that you see your friends do on their pimped out fixies, but that's not really how you roll. Or you hate the elitist vibe of the bikier-than-thous. Maybe you would love to be a bikier-than-thou hardcore hipster, but your bike is old and only goes turtle speed, so you are stuck

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I've been pretty horrible about biking lately. Not gonna' lie. Instead of beating myself up about it, I just stood back and tried to figure out why.1) No on site laundry. My lease is up soon, so that will be at the top of the list of things I'm looking for.2) Shitty bike. I love my bike, don't get me wrong, but it was never meant to be my life partner. She was a lust affair, plain and simple

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Seriously...how cool is this?

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There has been a glitch with the Bike! Bike! website, but I got in touch with Ynes from the Grease Pit and confirmed that the Bike! Bike! conference is still on. It's just the website that's causing problems.Speaking of websites, The Grease Pit is now online. Pretty spare right now, but it should be a place to visit regularly, especially as Bike! Bike! gets closer. Check it...Grease Pit

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Since I moved back last year, I was lucky to meet a lot of people in the Eau Claire bike scene. I see them on the steps at Racy's, bikes propped up. I see them in the distance, a fast cadence flash between buildings. I watch their bikes evolve. I've actually started to really see people's bikes as extensions of themselves.One evening I was studying on a couch at Racy's when one of my friends

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I am still a little overwhelmed in trying to figure out where to even start with being self-sufficient in bicycle maintenance, so I am always looking for good references. I just discovered that if you go to http://www.parktool.com/products/bikemap.asp you can click on any area of the bike and get an idea of what tools might be needed and what it looks like when one is using them. Check it out!

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Just a reminder...the LGBT Community Center of the Chippewa Valley will be hosting a showing of the movie 2 Seconds on Saturday March 21 at 7:45 PM. The Center is located at 510 S. Farwell [Look for the red door].2 Seconds:Laurie, a professional downhill racer gets fired because of her slight overindulgence in irresponsibility. She returns from Canada to Paris where she is welcomed by her geeky

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For those of you who missed the Banbury Community Bike Fix, that is very sad because it was pretty frackin' awesome. You should come next time. Bring food to share and tools if you have 'em. To find out what you missed, check out the Leader Telegram from the Sunday paper: http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news_local.asp?id=BJF5DE10IU9 or the TV-18 snippet here: http://www.wqow.com/global/

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Hey, I was just surfing around and I stumbled onto some wicked news. The International Bike! Bike! Conference is going to be hosted by the Grease Pit in Minneapolis. Sounds like it will be in September, so you have plenty of time to block out your calendar. Check out the URL at the end of this entry. It also looks like they are seeking people to help with some of the workshops, so consider

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There was a really cool turnout for the Bike Forum the other night at the LGBT Community Center of the Chippewa Valley. Our local Bike Guru, Ali "gwow-gwow" Gillberg dropped some well-earned knowledge on the cyclists who swung by. The people who attended ranged from right green newbies to bike junkies who build bikes in their sleep. And so went the discussion. It was laid back and

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Happy Spring! OK...jumping the gun by a couple of weeks, but things are melting and layers are being shed. More bikes are starting to awaken from hibernation and the bike shops are starting to stock up for the seasonal upswing in bidness.Props go out to all the hardcore EC bike lifers who cut through the ice and snow this winter. They are proof that riding bikes is not just a seasonal endeavor

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Welcome to the birth of BYKE.BYKE is currently a seed of an idea borne out of bike joy and the desire to dive deeper into bike culture and develop some serious bike skills. Given my queer sensibility, a twist on the spelling of bike was inevitable. BYKE, therefore, has a special place in it's knobby rubber heart for grrrls, dykes, bi-dykes, gayish straight girls, and the shamelessly genderqueer.

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