Moronacity Cycling Journal » Entries tagged with "Bike Culture"
Di’s Abridged History of Wheels
Do you remember what it was like to learn how to ride a bike? I remember my tricycle. I remember my pink, banana-seat Huffy with training wheels. I remember my dad holding onto the back of the bike and running with me while I got started, and then letting go as I rolled down the sidewalk. I remember that my bike was an extension of my body. I rode it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bike Culture
Sacrificing to Live, Love, and Play
Up In Alaska: Jill’s Subarctic Journal is one of my favorite blogs. Jill is a journalist who is currently promoting her book, Ghost Trails: Journeys through a lifetime. What I enjoy about Jill’s blog is that she is someone I can relate to – someone who lives in snow land and likes to ride – but someone I can’t even begin to motivate myself to aspire to be. However, Jill’s dedication really isn’t unobtainable, and I completely realize that. This is why her experiences serve as inspiration to me. Jill is currently going through a life change similar to what I recently experienced. She has resigned from her journalist position with the hope of moving to Anchorage and is receiving a lot of pressure from her … Read entire article »
Filed under: Finding Time
Bike Shop Sociological Studies
The bike shop is that glorious place where crazy and addictive cyclists gather together to…well, hang out and talk bikes. Really, if we all bought a bike or a bicycle product every time we went into the bike shop, we wouldn’t even have a roof over our heads. A bike shop is much more than a place to purchase bicycle products. Conveniently enough, the bike shop where I attend my therapy sessions is called The Bike Shop. It is inside the confines of this bike shop where I have shared in great sociological studies. First of all, people think that I own every bike they see me walk into the bike shop with. After testing a Jamis Dakar XC bike, I brought it back into the … Read entire article »
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Facing My Addiction
I have an addictive personality. Those of you who regularly follow this blog have probably figured that out, by now. I immerse myself in my projects. It’s not that I have just a couple of projects, but I get involved with many projects. It’s quite insane. These projects are all related, too. A quick synopsis: • Applying for med school: the type of doctor I wish to become has … Read entire article »
Filed under: Lifestyle
Bike Standard Time
• The snow is beginning to melt and the days are noticeably longer. It’s time to break out the road bike. • National Trails Day kicks off the summer. • Fat Tire is the culmination of our hard work and the end of summer. • Cyclocross season is crisp and colorful with varying temperatures. • We took a trip downstate the weekend after the Keweenaw Chain Drive. I was discussing an event with a team mate and was trying to remember when it happened. I found someone laughing at me when all of my temporal references were in relation to bike races rather than months and holidays. That is simply how it works. When I chose a weekend for hosting a Trekker’s ride, a weekly ride for our local community bike club, I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bike Culture
