Dear Abby Quandry

I read Dear Abby almost every day. Went to the page to catch up and saw the below new articles: My first thought was ‘OH! Bike related article! Cool!’ and RIGHT before I clicked it I saw the next headline. Woman Refuses To Give Lover The Kind Of Pleasure He Wants How do you NOT…

Climbin’ the Canyons

Even with a crappy headcold, I went on a short ride out on Mulholland in Calabasas/Agoura Hills this last weekend (Lat/Long 34.1041, -118.7260). So out on Mulholland on a lovely Saturday afternoon, I have to share the road with not only motorists and motorcyclists vrooming their way through the canyons, but entrepreneurial photographers that take…

Cat Attack!

I’ve caught kitties eating my cycling food before. I got a random flat tire the other day and couldn’t figure it out; just caught my cat CHEWING ON MY BIKE TIRES!! DAMN RAT! So I quickly put the bike on the bike rack, knocking some cycling clothes onto the floor in the process. What does…

Wherefore art thou, puncture in tube?

Yes yes, I know ‘wherefore’ means ‘why’, but I’m going to use it BOTH WAYS. Or as they say on the cooking shows, “wherefore, two ways’. I went to go ride today and I had a flat tire. I’ve been having some fails in the bike maintenance department, so this just caused me to get…

Ghost Bikes and Girl Bits

After two weeks of NO physical exertion, including being under the weather with continued uterus issues, I decided enough blobbing about – get on the damn bike. I chose a 20 mile ride through a local canyon that wouldn’t take too long in the waning light of day. While grabbing some bike shorts, I tried…

Technology Fail, Humanity Win

Been on my new thyroid meds for about a week and finally feeling alive again! So I decided to go biking on Saturday and was met with a series of FAIL. 1. Was at a friend’s house who said he had a bike pump. He had the $15 Schwinn foot pump, which works OK on…