Dear sirs [and I mean sirs] in the cycling industry, I am a 26 year old female law student who is in love with bicycles. I commute to school in all kinds of weather, sweat it out on the rollers in the winter, and ride outdoors every chance I get. I’ve grown accustomed to the [...]
Entries from March 30th, 2010
being sold short
March 30th, 2010 · 14 Comments · style
Tags:castelli·competitive cyclist·lululemon·luna sport gear·rapha women's·terry·women
spring fever
March 29th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
Starting Thursday, most of my weekend was spent doing this: I woke up Thursday night with a fever. The next few days involved raspy coughing, lots of sleep, and some colossally disgusting phlegm. I was popping pills like the pros M&Ms. Needless to say, there wasn’t much time on the bike [somewhat good because it [...]
Tags:luck·misery·plastic peloton·rain·rain jacket·showers pass·sick
geared epiphany
March 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments · huh?, training
You guys. I had an amazing epiphany yesterday. I now understand why most bicycles have gears. Wait, wait. I know you’re rolling your eyes, muttering “she’s realizing this NOW?”, shaking your head, clicking onto the next blog in your reader, or all of the above. But it takes a while for things to sink in, [...]
Tags:cafe fixe·coffee·epiphany·fixed speed·gears·reverse·walmart
wind allergies
March 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · food, training
I admit it, I looked [read?] like a total idiot yesterday when several hours after my dramatic whine-fest, the weather turned out to be pretty frickin’ gorgeous. Other than that whole giant gusts of wind that made it feel like I was running through water thing. Yesterday was actually the first time I did that [...]
Tags:dover·fage yogurt·fig newmans·sommerville sports·wind allergy
rain = vicarious retail therapy
March 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · nyc, style
Ughhhhhhhhhhh soooooooooo windy out. UGHHHHHHHHHHH. Yeah, I am currently a whine-fest, but I really love how the week after I meet with my faux-ch, it rains for most of the week. I mean, nevermind that I’m swamped with work and I couldn’t get out to ride anyway…how am I supposed to hit my 100+ miles/week [...]
getting faux-ched
March 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · training
So, it’s getting warmer out. I mean, it’s shitty out now, but weather.com tells me we’re going to have an awesome weekend [starting Thursday, of course]. This also means layering and hiding behind coats is no longer an option. Time for everything to start getting shorter and tighter! Wait…shorter? Tighter? Um…I am pointing to my [...]
Tags:cat 1·coach·nyc velo·pudge·sommerville sports·tiger woods·training
carbing it up
March 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · food, road rides, training
I did 40 miles the other day. At 15mph. Huzzah! SLOW, I know. But for a couch desk potato-dough ball on a single-speed, I’m fairly proud of myself. The hills around Dover can be a little discouraging [although the descents are incredibly fun], and at one point, about 10 feet from the top of a [...]
fighting cars and hamstrings
March 17th, 2010 · 6 Comments · road rides, training
Andddd it’s back to being gorgeous out, which means it’s back to riding to Dover every chance I get, even with my gimp leg. I even I got up at 5.30am to ride before class yesterday, checked the temperature, decided it was too cold, and promptly went back to sleep. I stretched between class and [...]
Tags:badger·dover·la vie claire·merckx·ride·vintage cycling cap