Biking – Outdoor Beginner

Beginner’s Gear Guide: Two easy, cheap upgrades to make riding your bike better

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If you’re considering biking to work, start here. If you need to know what basics to get started with and how to avoid helmet hair, start here. If you want to affordably pimp your ride, keep scrolling! Finding a new seat Getting a new seat since arguably has the biggest impact on how comfortable itContinue reading “Beginner’s Gear Guide: Two easy, cheap upgrades to make riding your bike better”

How to start biking to work

I already got up on my soapbox about why you should bike to work, so now let’s talk about what you actually need to start biking to work (besides a bike, of course). Honestly, the first thing may be kind of limiting: a safe route. Google is not always the most reliable when it comes to streetsContinue reading “How to start biking to work”

Why I bike to work

When I signed up for the free women’s bike maintenance class at REI, I was surprised to see it was only half full just a few days out from the event. Once I got to class, I quickly realized I was the only woman there that biked primarily for commuting, not recreation. And the moreContinue reading “Why I bike to work”

Outdoor Beginner tries mountain biking for the first time

Before a recent work trip to Fruita [FYI this is my day job], the grantees we were meeting enthusiastically offered to take my boss and me mountain biking. We were going there to learn about a trails project we helped fund, and let’s be real, maps and schematics around a conference table only go soContinue reading “Outdoor Beginner tries mountain biking for the first time”