Posts by Bettina Freese
Hey, Outdoor People—Lose The Ego
The most dangerous part of your next outdoor adventure isn’t a bear, snake, or psychopath: it’s your ego. And the hardest part of your adventure isn’t the steep climb: it’s being okay with failure. That means: just chill. Enjoy your ride, run, or ramble. Remember you are in the woods or on the water because…
Read MoreHow To Be A Badass: The Women Warriors of Asheville
One afternoon at DuPont State Recreational Area, Shanna Powell was on a ride with some other women—when a group of guys from Florida showed up, ready to descend the same trail. “Any of you ladies like to go fast?” one guy asked with a laugh before heading down the trail. “Yeah, I like to go…
Read MoreSinglespeed Mountain Biker Josh Taylor Rides the Divide
Josh Taylor completes the 2,700 mile Ride The Divide from Canada to New Mexico on a single speed.
Read MoreTen Bikers Share the Secrets of Their Two-Wheeled Passion
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.
Read MoreFloat Fever: New River Canoe Trip
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?
Read MorePoison Ivy Trail
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.
Read MoreBike Love Buzz
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.
Read MoreStress Relief
Once we are riding in the woods, it’s as if our stresses have melted from our brains.
Read MoreThe Freedom of Two Wheels
“Of course you can ride your bike down the street,” I hear myself say.
Read MoreThe Lunch Hour Race
I had an hour to ride last weekend, not counting the ride to and from class, so I headed up Town Mountain Road
Read MoreRoad Bike Love
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.
Read MoreStrava Stressing
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.
Read MoreDemo Days
I did a giggly ride Sunday morning on a sweet little full suspension ride thanks to a Pivot demo at Motion Makers.
Read MoreSummer Legs
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.
Read MoreMother Nature’s Surprises
Spring days have filled the bike trails with happy riders week after week since, well, last October
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