Monday, September 28, 2009
I left my house early this morning to go to school - not that classes have started or anything, in fact I’m not supposed to enrol until tomorrow - but there were free yoga classes at the Institute of Education, so I decided to go to the 9 am one. My commute - 4.8 miles [...]
VANCOUVER - Elaine Christian has seen her share of flat tires since she started commuting by bicycle to her office downtown three years ago.
“One afternoon I had four flat tires, just on the way home from work. That’s less than four kilometres!” the avid cyclist said Wednesday.
But in the past two weeks Christian, 26, [...]
Now this may be too much information for some of you, but like many people I change my underwear once a day and I do it immediately after I get home from work. My routine goes like this:
Get home
Turn off alarm
Put coat & shoes away
Go downstairs and let the bike in (I can’t open the [...]
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Winter so far has been strange for Vancouver. Lots of cold, clear days. That means icy roads, and I bike to work every day. Today was my first ice-related crash, and now I have a bruised hip and elbow and a headache. I think I had a pretty good winning streak [...]
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
I settled my insurance claim, and it is rad. I’m not saying how much, but all you drivers out there can think to yourselves now: “Ah, that’s why my rates are so high!” Though the lady who hit me does have the option to pay it out of pocket or let her rates [...]
Monday, September 10, 2007
I am staying home from work today.
Yesterday I rode my bike to church (39 km, took me 1:48 riding time, 2:10 total) and thence to White Rock. Part of the way to White Rock anyway (15ish out of 25ish km), my tire busted an inch-long tear in the sidewall and there’s not much you [...]
James: “That’s about as smart as a chicken that doesn’t lay eggs, except on Tuesdays.”
Raced in a women’s alleycat this Saturday and took 7th place. It was really cleverly thought out and a lot of fun. I’m the proud new owner of a 40-tooth red chainring (which I’m really not sure what [...]
I’m back at the track tonight! I’m going early to get a bit more comfortable first. My road rash is still nice and smiley because I’ve been roughing it up so it’ll scar permanently. hahaaa. You don’t need a professional to get a smiley face scarification, all you need is a [...]
I got a huge splinter in my ass last night. Right in the cleavage if you must know. It’s from crashing my bike at the velodrome. I took out two other guys as well! So I felt like a right chump. There’s also some track rash on my arm that [...]