Friday, February 5, 2010

Bicycle by Steve Blanco

Bicycle from Steve Blanco on Vimeo.


ahhhhh... day dreams of sweet bike romance.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Love Wheels Nagoya







Friday, January 15, 2010

Grizzly Peak in Berkeley CA

I've been riding my bike more lately, which of course means... more bruises.



I don't know where the bruises come from. I don't know if they are from the actual bike riding, or my new theory.. is that I'm just more tired when I come home after riding and so I bump into more shit in my tiny apartment. (one of those bruises is def. right at coffee table level). But whatever. I guess it just means I'll never be a... leg model.

That's what my mom used to tell me when I was a kid and I'd get all scraped and scared up. It was always her opinion that if you weren't going to make your living off your looks (and obviously, none of us ever were), then there's really no point in worrying about looks/scars/bruises/ect.
And I guess she's right. per usual.

Yesterday my brother and I rode up to Grizzly Peak in Berkeley. I'm so happy I get to ride with my brother, cause he is funny and fun and polite. (He doesn't race off and leave you in the dust like so many of the other boys I used to ride bikes with).



The ride was one of those, 1.5 hours up and 5 min. down, type of rides and it started out warm and sunny and ended a little cold and grey. But all in all it was a super fun ride that I hope to repeat!



I was on my road bike, with my new shoes and clips and I'm still getting used to that set up, so at the first stop sign I totally couldn't get my foot out the clips and fell over. It was awesome/hilarious/embarrassing.



You may remember a while back, how I posted about my brother getting doored by a car, and how that fucked up his bike. Well he built a new one, using most of the old components and a new steel frame. It's a pretty sweet ride. Perfect for everyday riding and locking up on/around the UCB campus. (can't have anything that looks to fancy or your shit will get jacked). And the best part is he pretty much built this new whip all by himself.



ahhhhh... sense of accomplishment. it's what riding bikes is all about.
<3!

Monday, January 4, 2010

bike friends

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Candy Cranks Blog

Holy crap, I just got invited to write for the Candy Cranks Blog reppin' San Francisco, and I couldn't be more excited!

Their tag line is *CHICKS THAT SPIN AROUND THE GLOBE* and the blog is basically a collaboration of female riders from around the world giving insight to bike culture in their home cities.
When I came across their blog my soul had this moment, like, *oh there you are... I've totally been looking for you* type of thing. I feel like this is something I was meant to do. The tiny blog wheels in my head are already turning :)
So yeah, super stoked.
I'm going to go ahead and add *writing for an international girlie bike blog* on my list of dreams that I MADE come true in 2009.
(It will go right there under being in DC to watch Barack Obama be sworn in as the President of the United States, moving into my own sweet little apartment in SF, one of the greatest cities in the world, imo. And meeting Shawn White and then watching him win the half pipe contest at the Burton New Zealand open.)
Sigh... life is grand.

<3!

Friday, November 27, 2009

put the fun between your legs


"Everything we take for granted: the weekend, gay rights, contraception, women wearing trousers, the right to strike, to form a union, the abolition of slavery. Everything was won by disobedience, fought for by people who refused and resisted, claimed back from those in power. Their disobedience was a gift to our future."

I like the idea of this!
read more about this bike bloc project HERE

Thursday, October 29, 2009

so many bikes...

that we hang em from de trees!