Bicycle News, Culture, and Lifestyle in Carson City, Nevada
Posted in Advocacy, bike carson, bike to work week, car free, commute, events on Apr 29th, 2008
Felt MP - One Sweet Ride
Each Thursday in May, Denis Coyne, owner of the Bike Habitat in south Carson, will host a free bicycle repair clinic. Each clinic will address a different subject, with some subjects overlapping to the clinic held in the following week.
The first bicycle repair clinic has the honor of kicking-off […]
Posted in Advocacy, bike to work week, car free, commute, urban cycling on Apr 24th, 2008
From the Muscle Powered Blog…
Bicycle Commuting Series - Chapter 1
What to Wear for Your Bicycle Commute
In preparation for Carson City’s Bike to Work Week, I’d like to begin a series on Bicycle Commuting. The target audience for this series will the beginning bicycle commuter, riding round trip distances of 1 - 12 miles. […]
Posted in Advocacy, News, Rides, bike carson, bike to work week, car free, commute, events, urban cycling on Apr 20th, 2008
At January’s Muscle Powered meeting, Jeff P and I took on Carson City’s Bike to Work Week as one of our main projects for the year. After months of discussions, research, and meetings, we are pleased to announce that we finally HAVE AN EVENT PLANNED!
Thanks to all of our generous sponsors, there will be […]
Posted in News, Uncategorized, bike carson, bmx, car free, commute, rider photos, stories, urban cycling on Mar 31st, 2008
Applying lip balm preparing for a dry Nevada wind, this Carsonite waits ever so patiently for the light to turn green…. unfortunately, the nearest stoplight is a mile away.
Posted in Advocacy, News, car free, commute on Mar 23rd, 2008
Two NDOT reps attended last Thursday’s Muscle Powered meeting; Michelle Gardner-Lilley, Long Range and Small Urban Manager, and Bill Story, coordinator for Safe Routes to School. They were both informative & sincere in requesting involvement from Muscle Powered in the planning process. Thank you Michelle and Bill for taking the time to […]
Posted in Uncategorized, bike carson, commute on Mar 13th, 2008
What is/was your favorite bike?
Like most bike geeks I have a few bikes. I can’t seem to part ways with them. Even the Kona road frame with the bent top tube. It just sits outside my shop collecting dust, waiting to be turned into wind chimes.
I got to thinking recently, what is my favorite bike? […]
Posted in Advocacy, Lunch Rides, News, bike carson, commute on Mar 1st, 2008
Lunch Rides
It really warmed up this week. The snow has been taking its sweet time melting though, so we stuck to the road. It was in the 60’s for Friday’s ride, and we even got to wear our shorts and knickers. Friday was my favorite ride of the week. Kristy, Sandie, […]
Posted in Lunch Rides, commute, stories on Feb 26th, 2008
My son and I were recently having a discussion about how he didn’t like going to school. I told him I didn’t really like going to work either, but that I made it a lot better by giving my self something to look forward to throughout the day. And for me of course, […]
Some of you may have read my post on the Muscle Powered blog about Bike to Work Week. We will be getting together sometime in the coming week to start discussing this event. Right now it looks like Wednesday the 13th, sometime after work (time and location TBA). If you’re interested […]
Posted in Lunch Rides, News, commute on Feb 4th, 2008
Back when I made my personal commitment to commute by bike throughout the winter, getting through January was my biggest fear. Early nightfall, wind, snow, ice, below freezing temperatures…January has it all. Looking back though, it wasn’t all that bad! There were a few times when the conditions were miserable, but I […]
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