OK, so I've taken advantage of the headline writer's prerogative to get your attention. To clarify: Jack White did not attend our brunch, but he was totally at the same restaurant. So clearly, if you want to see a celebrity, you have to hang with us. 
You can see pictures from our first Bike Brunch on July 10 here. Nashville brunches are always on the second Sunday of the month. Our next one is on September 11—check out the calendar here. Cyclists of all types welcome.
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A bicycle trip to the farmer's market is a perfect way to begin the weekend. Fresh air, exercise, a feeling of community and local food. Saturday morning, Greg and I met up with Arielle (of the newly-formed Bicycle Goddess Brigade) to ride our bikes to Chicago's Green City Market.
What a happy scene - dozens of bicycles were locked up outside the market and many bicycling families went by with kids in bike seats, trailers and on their own bikes. In general, I think people who ride bikes are the type of peopl...
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Returning to work after a beautiful three-day weekend is never fun. Despite this, I've quite enjoyed the last two days of bike commuting. Aside from the usual driver tomfoolery, my trips have been easy and breezy.
Knowing of the forecast for thunderstorms this morning, I decided to ride anyway. Luckily, I made it to work five minutes before the sky opened up. Either way, I had a rain coat and would not have melted. Some people genuinely seem to think getting wet is a state of emergency. I did consider t...
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Once upon a time in a far away land, there lived a shiny new bicycle named Raleigh Gran Sport.
The ravages of time, evil stepmothers, poisonous apples, etc. caused Gran Sport to become a bit shabby.
Until one day a prince came along to whisk him off ebay (this is a modern fairy tale). No mice or crustaceans helped with this transformation: it was all the prince, other than the wheel building.
Now Gran Sport is way cooler than ever before, complete with internal hub gearing, roller brakes, gener...
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In celebration of the mild weather, Sir Raleigh and Betty Foy went for a date ride today - chaperoned by me and Mr. Dottie, of course. I think they are a perfect match. (Tip: you can now see a bigger version of each picture by clicking on it.)
I wore my new $15 vintage dress and deemed it very bike friendly.
I found nail polish yesterday that perfectly matches Betty. Last night someone I met asked, "What's the story with the nail polish?" Um, it matches my bike? I fear that answer only made...
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Fall weather in Chicago this year has been up and down, with brief periods of sun amid days of cold rain. Today we seized upon one of the warm and dry periods to enjoy a ride up the lakefront. A lot of Chicagoans had the same idea, so we detoured off the crowded main trail to amble through secondary dirt paths.
Betty Foy and Sir Raleigh made ideal riding partners. Not only do they share dashing good looks and utilitarian common sense (Brooks and Honjos and lugs, oh my!), they naturally move at near the same p...
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