Singlespeed Mountain Biker Josh Taylor Rides the Divide

Bettina Freese12 Dec 14

Josh Taylor completes the 2,700 mile Ride The Divide from Canada to New Mexico on a single speed.

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Ten Bikers Share the Secrets of Their Two-Wheeled Passion

Bettina Freese15 Sep 14

Getting back on the bike after an illness, a new job, or having babies taught me humility and compassion for myself. I had to fight down the regurgitated acid of what I “used to be able to do,” staring down at a soft belly and fumbling legs while my friends looked back, grinning.

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Float Fever: New River Canoe Trip

Bettina Freese18 Sep 13

Bettina and friends take a New River canoe trip, but with a diagnoses of strep throat, will they ever make it to the take out?

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Poison Ivy Trail

Bettina Freese27 Jun 12

It was EVERYWHERE. It brushed past my legs, I fell in it, I rolled in it, I probably hovered too close to it while peeing.

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Bike Love Buzz

Bettina Freese20 Jun 12

Three of us girls looked a little tired at class the next morning, all of us with a slight odor, mine touched with a twinge of blood and sweat.

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Stress Relief

Bettina Freese13 Jun 12

Once we are riding in the woods, it’s as if our stresses have melted from our brains.

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The Freedom of Two Wheels

Bettina Freese06 Jun 12

“Of course you can ride your bike down the street,” I hear myself say.

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The Lunch Hour Race

Bettina Freese30 May 12

I had an hour to ride last weekend, not counting the ride to and from class, so I headed up Town Mountain Road

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Road Bike Love

Bettina Freese23 May 12

In the back of my mind I know that my road bike is fun, but it seems mentally more difficult, until I actually ride it.

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Strava Stressing

Bettina Freese16 May 12

EVERY ride is a race with this free service that tracks the ride via GPS device and then posts the results online, complete with a map showing where the ride occurred.

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Demo Days

Bettina Freese09 May 12

I did a giggly ride Sunday morning on a sweet little full suspension ride thanks to a Pivot demo at Motion Makers.

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Summer Legs

Bettina Freese02 May 12

I want to say it’s the new shorts, or the tune-up, or the running, but really I think it’s from riding my bike, and losing five pounds.

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Mother Nature’s Surprises

Bettina Freese24 Apr 12

Spring days have filled the bike trails with happy riders week after week since, well, last October

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Cycle to Farm

Bettina Freese24 Apr 12

Ride your bike for 62 miles along secluded country roads, with tight and twisty climbs and descents, crossing the Continental Divide three times, snacking along the way on goat cheese and salsas made fresh from the farm.

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Win some; lose some

Bettina Freese18 Apr 12

Whether it was emotional, physical, or hormonal, I knew that being on my mountain bike was going to hurt, and I was right.

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