Pecha Kucha 20×20
No, I haven’t taken up Mexican wrestling (although that would be wicked cool). I will, however, be donning my best lucha outfit tomorrow night for my very first public presentation as Winnipeg Cycle Chick at Pecha Kucha 20×20 at the…
Cycle Chick Gets Lucky
Finding people to ride with at the crack of stupid on a Saturday is hard. Especially when the weather is decidedly…meh. I got lucky. Twelve people showed up at 7 am yesterday morning to ride with me and my obstinately bare…
Saturday Red Eye Ride
For those needing or wanting to get their ride in early on Saturday, a smallish group ride will be leaving from the Assiniboine Park Duck Pond at 7am sharp, heading west to St. FX for a 2-ish hour ride. Pace…
Envy
Today I am feeling envious, which may indeed be one of the seven deadly sins but considering The Rapture has come and gone, I figure I’m safe. Today I am feeling envious of Hal, an avid cyclist as well as…
Race Day – Notre Dame de Lourdes
Ahhh. Another beautiful day at the races… this time hosted by the good people from the Portage Junk Yard Dogs and held in Notre Dame de Lourdes, a small and pretty French town south of Portage la Prairie, in the…
Pouty in Pink
Aside from the distraction during my workday and trying to keep all of the Italians straight, I am thoroughly enjoying the Giro D’Italia right now. So much so, I am almost tempted to wear pink. Almost. At our post-ride coffee…
Men(nonites) in Tights
Having miraculously survived the Rapture yesterday, I had the opportunity today to ride with the Mennonites in Tights, a road ride group based in Steinbach, Manitoba. I was quite relieved, that is, until I discovered my survival was based entirely…
Beatrix’s New Basket
Back at Christmastime, I told the love story of Beatrix and Leopold, two reunited British roadster “project” bikes that had come into my possession via The Dark Lord. You may (or may not) have been wondering what progress has been…