Think. Learn.

I blogged about this over at the MBC yesterday.
Watch it.
Think.
Learn.


Despite the challenges outlined,
I still love Belgium...

still thinking...

I can feel it,
I am starting to wind down
for my January Hiatus...
But I might have one more
mini-series in me
before then.

I will consider this the start.

Night Shot: Me and Lexa To and Fro

This Autumn I found myself riding Lexa
to a number of bikish meetings.
We had a lot of fun together,
Even in the cool and darkness.
What I determined
Is that I do not like the
Po Campo Pilsen
solution I have been trying.
It's a great bag,
but not for going to and fro from meetings
with the stuff I need to haul.
I found my items overflowing into a second bag to carry,
and eventually a backpack, which I am not a fan of.
The one thing that really sets me over the edge,
is that I carry two locks.
I just do.
And so,
as one who is always looking for the perfect solution,
I began to think....
and think....
and think...

still thinking...

subtle...

How subtle can it get
and still work?
Pretty subtle...

I'm over at the MBC today.
Come visit.

lovely, lovely, lovely...

Lexa basking in the morning Sun

Yesterday was BeaUtiful.
I woke up to SUN
Hopped on Lexa
and rode off in warmth.

A Lovely, Lovely, Lovely
Morning.

turned in to...

very ready for happy hour...(that's Lexa there looking so "City" up on the bars..)

A Lovely, Lovely, Lovely
Day...

I have not been here much lately
because I have been busy
helping to organize a board retreat.
It has been a great experience for me.
The day went well.
The people great as always.
The conversation lively, engaging, smart, funny.

But what I enjoyed most of all was our ride after the meeting
over to happy hour.
I do not often ride with other people,
but there were 10 or so of us, silently gliding,
smiling, laughing, chatting,
out riding our bicycles.
It was a moment for me to cherish,
though not captured on film besides this,
it is forever captured in my heart.

What is better than bicycling?
Bicycling friends.

i do bikey things...

i do bikey things...
one of my recent bikey things
has been coordinating the launch of
the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition's very first t-shirt.

shameless plug:
the MBC has a membership deal going on right now
join
and get one of our t's for free.
sounds good eh?
if you live in Minneapolis -
do it
if you live anywhere else -
do it

it takes a lot to get a successful organization off the ground and running
i am proud to count myself as part of this group
i hope you will be too.

now back to regularly scheduled programming...

the street is Open...

The MBC is hosting
the very first Open Streets
This Sunday.
I will be there
in a bikish capacity.
Hope to see you there!

oh yeah...

I just spent my Saturday morning
walking around OUTSIDE in 7F weather (at best)
with snow falling around me
and my hands and feet about ready to fall off.
I was dressed like I was going on a Patagonian Expedition,
but 7 degrees is 7 degrees...
It would have been easy to just hide under the covers,
but that's not who I am.
And besides, I did it for the love of bicycling.
More on that soon,
but let's continue with Texas.

We spent a soul charging afternoon
at Pedernales Falls.
It made everything right in the world.
If you are headed to Austin,
I highly recommend the drive out to Hill Country.

Ahhh....Sun...
Ahhh....Warmth...
what is that again?....

Okay, okay, I'm getting to the bicycle part!
Tomorrow...