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Seriously people?
I don’t say much about my work here, in the interest of keeping work life separate from personal life. Most days, I feel fortunate to be in a line of work that is in keeping with my interest in active...
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Black ice and bikes
I recently did a guest interview for Simply Bike’s “Biking While Pregnant” series — you can read it here. People often express surprise at the weather conditions we bike in, which include some pretty...
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Dinner & Bikes recap
After all my questioning whether or not to attend the StL edition of Dinner & Bikes on Sunday night, and time spent formulating a blog post as I processed things, the event itself was a bit...
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The end of the car commute
I’ve planned some version of this post in my head for quite awhile, though I was beginning to think it would never happen. Over two-and-a-half (!) years ago, I accepted a position promoting active...
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Gearing up and getting out
A post about biking with the trailer is in the works, but the truth is, even before last week’s snow and the resulting icy roads, Gabriel and I have been sticking closer to home, with more outings by...
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Bicycle beginnings — Part 1
We start every session of “Truth and Techniques,” the classroom portion of CyclingSavvy, with brief introductions that include participants’ history with bikes.* As part of my effort to get back to...
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Bicycle beginnings — Part 2, in The Lou
College degree in hand, with my parents’ minivan and my compact car both bursting at the seams, my left-out-in-the-elements-for-four-years bicycle did not make the cut come moving day. I removed my...
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Bus and bike errands
We started our week with a visit to Safety Stop, a neat service offered by St. Louis Children’s Hospital, providing nearly at-cost pricing on a variety of safety equipment for infants and children,...
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Humanizing effects of transit
I spent the weekend in Iowa. When planning the trip, I had good intentions of finally trying the bus between St. Louis and my hometown in Iowa, but there’s a small airline that flies 8-seater planes...
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