So Spring has decided to rear its head in Portland. I love the sunshine and the opportunities to get outside and get things done. (Garden beds are done… mostly!) Continue reading ‘Spring is hitting… hard’
Archive for the 'Cycling' Category
While speaking with Jon Maroney at the last Mobile Portland event, he mentioned that he was hoping to get a rickshaw or similar pedal-powered vehicle for picking up clients from the airport. Jon, I think I’ve found your transport. The highly convertable Cycles Maximus Trike seems like the perfect fit for bike-friendly Portland.
Now who’s going to import it? Clever Cylces? This seems right up their alley.
[Via Bike Portland] Cyldesdales coming to the Cross Crusade. I qualify for this category. I wonder if there is a cyclocross bike loaner program for us beefy riders? That’s a lot of extra stress on the bike!
Note to anyone concerned for my health: I weigh considerably less than when I was a offensive lineman on my high school football team when I weighed in excess of 260 pounds. My svelter self is in large part due to cycling and the calories I burn commuting to work and riding on the weekends. With my 6′ 3″ frame, I doubt I could ever weigh less than 200 pounds. That said, I could stand to lose about 10 pounds right now as my commute-by-bike options have been hampered by the kids’ new school schedule.
A couple clydesdale races might be just the ticket for burning off some calories and raising the endorphine levels a bit.
So it took nearly a month to make it to school by bike again. Nearly killing your child by not attaching the trail-a-bike correctly can do things like that to your schedule.
Someday I really will post pictures of our biking arrangement.
Yesterday represents the first time that my kids and I biked to school. As a long time advocate of biking whenever possible, this was really cool to get my 8 and 6 year olds out in the fast lane–well, 8 mph is not exactly fast. Continue reading ‘Woohoo! Biking to school and loving it’