All’s Fair in Love and Team Rides Riding for Veloforma is precious and wonderful and gut-wrenching. These girls are fast, see. So fast. Like lightening. The little one – made of muscles. A new recruit. A girl I worked with professionally in years past and understood to be rock solid. I dragged her out to [...]
Continue ReadingPedaling Ladies: Get Vocal. Here’s Your Chance to State Your Case
Ladies and Gentlewomen, Please help the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals by taking 15 minutes to complete this survey. (It actually only took me ten minutes.) People are listening so my recommendation is to LET ‘ER RIP. Feel me? Let’s do this. xo, swift
Continue ReadingDear Diary 005: Bicycle Grocery Avenger and Coming Home
Bicycle Grocery Avenger I hate grocery shopping. Which is weird, because I love cooking. But it’s not the food I mind, it’s the humanity. All variety of everyone bumping into each other, reaching for the same cheese, making desperate eyes at the butcher. Rushed, tired, grumpy. Nevermind the inner-aisle dwellers with baskets full of processed [...]
Continue ReadingThursday Night: Me, You, Rex Burkholder and Awesome Wine
More than just a rad name: Rex For Metro President There’s an important election happening here in Portland in May and I want you to know about it. Why? Because it’s going to have a very large effect on the state of transportation (cycling!) in Portland over the next few years. But also? Because it [...]
Continue ReadingAnniversary Photo Flashback 002: 2003 With Sally McPants
According to my warning yesterday, prepare to be inundated with memory lane all week. Today we’re going to spend a little more time with 2003, which was a good year – and well documented at that! This was the year I started riding with Sal a little. We’re at the top of Willow Springs in [...]
Continue ReadingVeloforma Gets Launchy – Join Us!
If you’re around this weekend and looking for some launchy fun, stop by Portland PACE on Saturday, 3/20 at 7:00pm for the launch of the 2010 Veloforma Racing Team. We’ve already racked up a few wins this year and we’re stoked to trade our sidis for stilettos and party down, Portland style. (Read: free beer!) [...]
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