Cycle and Style

In the early 1980’s, a woman had few choices in the bike shops. She might have found a pink bicycle, but most manufacturers were designing women’s bicycles as if women were just smaller men. Many women kept riding the unisex bikes that were available, hoping they would just get used to the aches and pains [...]

You had a great season last year; what were some of the highlights? “Definitely my third win at the 24 hour Solo World Championships, three in a row, which was the focus of the season. Then three weeks later, totally unexpected, the icing on the cake, was winning the Leadville Trail 100 just as an [...]

This is a perfect healthy brunch or breakfast treat for springtime! It has been our family’s traditional first-day-of-spring breakfast treat. With oats, berries  and yogurt, it is a great start to your day! 1 cup rolled oats 1/3 cup whole wheat flour 2/3 cup unbleached flour 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoons baking powder 1 teaspoon [...]

Central Europe has enviable numbers of women who feel comfortable cycling to work, taking the children to school, or going shopping. The English-speaking countries of the world are playing catch-up. Australia has conducted surveys to try to determine what can be done to persuade more women to cycle; England’s Sustrans program is doing all they [...]

  During the years Teresa Robbins had lived in California’s Bay Area she had the opportunity to ride in the Cinderella Classic. She loved the feeling of sisterhood and camaraderie in that all-female cycling event. After she and her husband moved to Longmont, Colorado, they fell in love with the area, but she felt it [...]

I have been a huge fan of sunglasses with interchangeable lenses because I wear glasses for 2 reasons. First, is to protect my eyes for the bright sun shine which the tinted lenses work great for. The second and most important reason is to protect my eyes from flying bugs or debris. For years I [...]