People always get concerned about my riding in the rain. I like riding in the rain. I stay dry and warm (thanks to my heated vest), and cars don’t perform nearly the same level of stupid shit maneuvers as they do on sunny days. Rain = relaxed riding, at least in the Pacific Northwet. Sunny […]
Hot Bike Shots
My husband keeps taking freaking awesome photos of my bikes….rainy day Scrambler!
A Wrench Day For Red F
My awesome husband spent most of today replacing my BMW’s prematurely failed water pump. Remember this? It seems that the Santiago water pump repair job was pretty sloppy, including an overtorqued clutch actuator (the broken bit in the third photo) that was broken and epoxied back together and missing seals on the water pump, among […]
Oooh…Shiny New Chain and Sprockets
The husband just finished swapping out my chain and sprockets and doing an oil change. My little BMW feels so much smoother now 🙂 Mad thanks to him and his mechanic skills. And for his super-artsy photo of my chain 🙂
Ride To Eat, Brunch Edition
Just a handful of photos from our brunching in NW Portland (one of our favorites, Besaw’s, has recently reopened in their new space and it was time to check it out).
Filed under ‘Liz Gets Techy’
I just figured out how to pair my phone with my Sena bluetooth helmet system in media only mode so it acts like a glorified iPod (and I can’t actually get calls through my helmet comms system – win!) and got my GPS paired. Now I have my playlists at my disposal and I can […]
Lady Rider! Rock and ROOOOOLLLL!
Today was a Target run day. I almost always get interesting looks doing the Target room by bike, but today I had a pretty awesome encounter. A mom was unloading her youngster from the back seat, and the kid looked at me and my bike and said “Mom! Loooook!” as he pointed excitedly at my bike. […]
Commuting By Cage Sucks
Finally got back on the bike today after my holiday break and Portland’s snow-and-ice-pocalypse over the last few days. I worked from home the first day, and then booked a Zipcar for the last two days since it was just too icy for two wheels. Commuting by cage just sucks. It’s boring, hard to maneuver […]
Google Maps
So my husband got an awesome riding selfie, courtesy of Google Streetview. How come I never see their cars on *my* commute???