LRRH2012

Little Red Gets Her Groove On: The 25th Anniversary Ride

It isn’t uncommon for the Little Red event organizers to receive a thank you notes after the race, but this one was from a man and was penned many months after the event.  He wrote to thank them and to tell them what the ride had meant to him and his wife. The husband said that [...]

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KoKi Bags; A Hood River Delight! (+ Giveaway!)

Commuting made functional and beautiful with KoKi (pronounced: ‘cookie’) Bags From Hood River, Oregon, Decide 2 Ride and KoKi Bags deliver commuter bags that have flare and are wonderfully user friendly, with important features you will wonder how you lived without. It all starts at the bottom… One of the most unique and important features [...]

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VOTE…2011 Photo Contest…VOTE

Ready … Set … VOTE!! It’s time to vote for the winner of Cycle & Style’s  2011  “IN MY HOMETOWN” Photo Contest Winner.   Please take a look through our great photographs and vote for your favorite.  C&S have ten entrants from across the United States this year with over 35 photographs to start with [...]

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A Bike Lover’s Gift Guide for Under the Tree

 The Christmas tree is decorated and the stocking are hung … and we await the big day!!  Is your shopping complete?  Have you gotten everything you need to for the cyclist or future cyclist on your list?  Cycle & Style hopes that our 2011 “Buying Guide” articles have helped to introduce or reintroduce you to [...]

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The Cyclist’s Kitchen: Yummy Gifts from the Kitchen

Just in time for the Holidays, sports nutritionist Nancy Clark has delicious ideas for healthy homemade food gifts from your kitchen! Who doesn’t like a yummy gift of homemade food! Whether you give a certificate for breakfast in bed or fill a tin with trail mix, food gifts are welcome treats for hungry athletes. These [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide for the Chic Cyclist & Giveaway

There are those who choose a bike for its comfort, not for its speed and for whom a basket is one of the most essential features. For these women, a bike isn’t merely for getting from point A to point B, but to savor every moment of the ride without sweating it. She prefers a bike [...]

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Fava & Garbanzo Bean Spread

Are you headed to a holiday party and need to take a little something along?  Or maybe you are in for the evening and you just need a snack to get you through.  Ellen has come up with the perfect lower calorie alternative to the “high calorie” treats of the Season.  She likes to put this [...]

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Teaching Early Biking Skills with a Strider Bike (+BIKE GIVEAWAY!)

Strider Bikes are running bikes designed for children, ages 1-5 and have several advantages over tricycles and bikes with training wheels in teaching the balance and coordination skills necessary to making a smooth and speedy transition to a two-wheeled bicycle when the time comes. As Strider Bike inventor Ryan McFarland notes if a child can [...]

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The Mountain Biker’s Holiday Gift Guide (+ Giveaway!)

What are you going to get the mountain bikers in your family this holiday season? Although the hills and mountains are dusted with snow, the once mountain biker paradise is still ever present in the mind of those who live to push peddles during the warmer seasons. The mountain biker in your family hasn’t forgotten [...]

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Cycling Jackets; The Ins and Outs of These Essential Outer Layers (+ Sugoi Jacket GIVEAWAY)

So it’s official, winter is upon us. The snow is flying and the temperature is consistently chilly. What does this mean for us and our bikes? Time to hang up the towel until next year? NO; the answer to year round biking can be found in the perfect cycling JACKET. But of course, it can [...]

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