Before there was Round America with a Duck, there was Slow Duck Crossing. This may seem like just a simple sign on a dirt road, but it has become so, so much more to me […]
Tag: REI
Build Me Up, Buttercup
UPDATE: You can get a pair of these upcycled bike tube earrings on plantable card stock (while supplies last) when you donate $125US to Global Spokes, which repairs bikes for refugees-of-war. See here. So I […]
Meet Ben on My Bike Earring Ride!
I make upcycled handcrafted vegan-leather earrings out of old bike tubes,* bike chains, and bike brake pad hardware (retail cost: $35 a pair/wholesale cost: $25 a pair in limited micro-batch orders of 10 pairs/every $150 […]
Got More Bike Tubes; Made More Earrings
Got more old bike tubes from REI yesterday (which they recycle habitually, by the way). Am continuing to upcycle them (along with bike chain and brake pad parts) into handcrafted vegan-leather earrings (they are available […]
Shop (No Drop) Ride for All!
So, like other 58-year-old women, I needed new threads for rollerdancing! I’m specifically looking for affordable pieces that are bright and fun so they swirl and pop on my Tiktoks (tap in to @speedofbike!). They […]
A tale of three bike racks
Magic and I ran errands locally in the metro-Atlanta suburb-cities of Dunwoody and Sandy Springs yesterday while Traveling at the Speed of Bike. I was #OneLessCar for a total of 9 miles (which adds up super […]
Opt outside
Opt Outside today, and sign up for a bike riding class in December.
Pretty darn proud
So I trot into REI to get Magic fixed because her derailleur is screwed up (and REI canceled the derailleur class for which is signed up the other night, so I don’t know how to […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 