Progress for Frank’s upcoming New Zealand trip is moving along at a FEVER pace. We’ve loaded up on a whole assortment of fine new components which are, as we speak, being mashed onto the old boy’s frame. One month and counting ’til liftoff!
Frank's new grill
A much anticipated package has just come my way – my VERY OWN NZ BY BIKE T-SHIRT!!! Oh yes, those clever bike geniuses (and my new besties) at NZbyBike.com have delivered on a promise they made me several weeks back. A promise that guaranteed me – a total stranger – one of their official crew […]
Just Call Me Dirty. With the roaring twenties, and all its glory and fumbling lessons behind me, it was time to ring in a new decade with an evening of trademark flair and silliness. Choosing to leave both Frank and Kika at home (I was wearing a MOST fab ensemble that felt very shy to […]
Clever. Stylish. Bloody. The creative folks at the Melbourne Bike Festival – an Australian grassroots initiative aimed at normalizing bike riding through Melbourne (and my newest crush) – have crafted an inventive series of videos designed to draw young people towards daily biking. Entitled ‘Once Bitten’, the series plays upon vampire lore (the pop-culture fad […]
With today’s blustery weather coming through in BOLD FORM, it seems Old Man Winter is finally itching for a lil’ seasonal dancing along the streets of Vancity. And while the cooler temps may soon send the fair weather biker to public transit purgatory, there remain many cyclists (this Rider included) who will continue to go […]
What: Half Nelson Pumptrack Where: Squamish, BC When I first announced I was packing up my prairie girl caravan for a new life on the West Coast, I found my excitement faced with a wide spectrum of responses from my Alberta friends. Yes, high-fives were abound. As were many a squeal that “OMG you’re soooo […]
