This morning I left to attend a meeting in Beverly Hills. The consumer research center was only 2 miles away so I decided to take my bike. I arrived at the office some time later. My legs were wobbly, not from a serious work out, but from fear. I'm amazed that my handle bars don't have dents embedded into them. As a novice bike rider, riding in ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning (Sunday) I hopped on to my road bike and road the mile to work. I could hardly peddle, the ride the day before left me so sore in the saddle. (That's a polite way of saying "Dear garth, by butt hurts!!") As people started to wonder, "Who's bike is that in the stockroom." I got to proudly to tell them that, "It's mine!". I don't ( Read more... )

Yesterday my mum and I biked 16.6 miles. I was having a lot of problems shifting up on my bike, Artemis. It took us two hours to go that distance and my bike was in no shape to do the meeting the next day. Dave and I were driving to Wheel World when some drama about him losing his bank card made it look like I wasn't going to pay off the new bike. ( Read more... )

100 miles. How's that going to happen? I mean really.

I'm little over $100 in my fundraising. I need $4,800 to sponsor me for the ride. I ask my friends to donate money and they straight out laugh at me. Are you kidding me? I'm in college, they tell me. I try to let it roll off my back...but it's really awkward asking for money. And if everyone I ( Read more... )

Last Monday I fell off my bike...and on to my face. I was aware that I'd probably fall off my bike some time but I didn't stop to think that I'd keep sliding once I fell down. After I landed on my face I kept going for an inch or two. I laid there in the middle of the path with sand embedded in my face and my palms touching cement. After a minute ( Read more... )

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