Cycle and Style

By Tara R. McKee I was lucky to meet Gretchen Fegel, one of those delightful women who is a complete stranger one minute and a new friend the next. We started out talking about bicycles, but the conversation soon turned to less about the bike and more about life. I was surprised to hear that [...]

Curious about how to dress in the cold weather for cycling? Cycle and Style has a guide to help you dress just right for temps in the 20′s through the 60′s.

As a feature of Cycle & Style magazine, we periodically will review bicycles, accessories, or types of biking. In this case, one of our favorite local bike shops, Bingham Cyclery introduced us to the Co-Motion tandem. The owner of the store had mentioned how much fun he had riding it with his 6-year old son [...]

Doors they move, and gates they hide, Mischiefs that on moon-beams ride Are their deeds, and, by their spells, Love records its oracles. Eery shadows were they then- But to-night they come again; Were we once more but sixteen, Precious would be Halloween. from the poem Hallowe’en by Joel Benton Halloween remains a popular festival [...]

We have been in many bicycle shops over the years and the vast majority, have great helpful staff that are happy to help female customers. There are alas, a few bad apples: guys who only want to talk to my husband, one bike store manager who was downright rude, and the plain old unhelpful who [...]

Cycle and Style thinks that this is an important issue. Safe bike lanes are a must for every American city.  This is a tale of caution for those cities that have not made a strong effort to make bike lanes a priority.  Bike lanes, and most especially segregated bike lanes, make everyone on the road a [...]