Wheels That Heal: A Bike Benefit for Liberty Kat – Sunday Jan 29th
January 10, 2012 – 10:01 am | No Comment

Events and activities to help Liberty Kat (aka Misty Green) are coming into focus.  She has staggering medical bills to contend with while she mends so a Facebook page has been established where you can …

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Jesse Rosten, Fotoshop, Cyclocross and Levi Leipheimer
January 11, 2012 – 11:24 am | No Comment
Jesse Rosten, Fotoshop, Cyclocross and Levi Leipheimer

Most everyone is now familiar with Jesse Rosten’s video gone viral,  Fotoshop by Adobe’:

Very amusing social commentary about our views on beauty, or faked beauty that is.  On the making of Fotoshop Rosten remarked,
“I was …

Merry Christmas and whole-wheat chocolate chip cookies for everyone!
December 20, 2011 – 5:01 pm | 3 Comments
Merry Christmas and whole-wheat chocolate chip cookies for everyone!

In case I don’t post anything before this weekend I wanted to say merry Christmas to all the BiD readers I know in person, on the internet and in outer space.  Nothing says ho-ho-ho like …

Me In My Place, Ari Graynor and a vintage Schwinn
December 13, 2011 – 5:34 pm | No Comment
Me In My Place, Ari Graynor and a vintage Schwinn

This last year I’ve becoming increasingly obsessed with photography, in fact I recently created a Tumblr page to post some of my photographs that (mostly) don’t include a bicycle.  You can see some of those …

Congratulations to Jennifer Aniston – sexiest woman of all time, and more…
December 10, 2011 – 1:29 pm | No Comment
Congratulations to Jennifer Aniston – sexiest woman of all time, and more…

From the  aint is grand to look 22 at 42 desk, award winning actress and philanthropist Jennifer Aniston was named the Sexiest Woman of all time by Men’s Health magazine.
What makes her noteworthy to Biking …

Winter cycling means wearing layers
December 7, 2011 – 6:29 pm | 9 Comments
Winter cycling means wearing layers

Whether you’re a dedicated commuter or just ride for health and recreation, when the thermometer drops to near and sub-freezing temperatures cycling loses a bit of it’s luster.  This is especially true when the sun …

EcoVelo Closing January 1st, 2012
December 6, 2011 – 3:11 pm | 2 Comments
EcoVelo Closing January 1st, 2012

EcoVelo, one of the most respected and popular web sites dedicated to cycling and all things green is closing shop on January 1st, 2012.  I was a bit stunned by their announcement:
It’s with a bittersweet …

Honey, this “real” honey is not real honey.
November 30, 2011 – 9:35 pm | 10 Comments
Honey, this “real” honey is not real honey.

Unsettling news about honey has been making the rounds lately. Let’s start with this: according to the Food and Drug Administration any product that’s been ultra-filtered and no longer contains pollen isn’t honey. Why would …

A Very Special Auction – For a Good Cause
November 21, 2011 – 2:34 pm | One Comment
A Very Special Auction – For a Good Cause

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.  -  Mother Teresa
In addition to being a blogger and bike obsessive, I am also a fairly charitable person; I belong to a charitable fraternity, …

He steals her bike, she steals it back
November 15, 2011 – 2:31 pm | No Comment

Anderson Cooper brings bike thievery to CNN. Dude steals a woman’s bike while she’s hanging out with friends at a bar.  Well she then scours the local classified section (Craigslist) and finds her bike listed …

Tracy Popken, Salvage House Boutique and the Dallas Tweed Ride
November 7, 2011 – 8:33 pm | 4 Comments
Tracy Popken, Salvage House Boutique and the Dallas Tweed Ride

I met Tracy Popken at the 2010 Dallas Tweed Ride.  She was one of the people I didn’t seem to scare when I asked, “can I take a photo of you and your bike?”  She …