Feminist reflections on fitness, sport, and health
It’s Saturday morning in late September. I’m sitting in one of my favourite coffee shops enjoying a latte and trying to get the chill out of my bones. I decided to bike here this morning, despite the thermometer reading eight degrees. I love Ottawa in the fall: it’s one of my favourite times of year.… Continue reading Back on the bike after a stroke (Guest post)
On September 5th, my trip tracking odometer rolled over to 501km as I reached the boarding dock for the Chi Cheemaun. Such a great feeling… and a very cool spot to reach that milestone too! Throughout this trip there has been no shortage of challenging situations where the kindness of strangers made my day far… Continue reading A Milestone & Kind Strangers (Guest Post)
Mary Anderson set herself a challenge, to cycle through her home state of Vermont on her ebike. Her goal: to visit all 251 towns in one go. Since hitting the road on October 6, she has logged 205 towns and 1,317 miles. You can read all about it here. Here’s Mary: I found out about… Continue reading Who decides what’s a challenge?
I’m in Charlottetown, PEI, for a week! With a day to myself I could do a self-guided tour with a rental car, walking, public transit, or e-bike. By my title, I think you know which I chose. Probably inspired by other FIFI e-bike posts, I rented an e-bike for the first time in hilly, windy… Continue reading Tourism and e-bikes
A few years ago, my workplace started undergoing a major refit, including a completely renovated cycle parking area. Cycling was a popular option because there is extremely limited parking, and the bus schedule can best be described as “whimsical”. The stated goal of my workplace was to encourage cycling as part of an effort to… Continue reading Biking Accessibility
I’ve been thinking and talking about getting an e-bike for a while now. A few factors have held me back: cost: e-bikes with nicer components have been running $5K USD or more weight: most e-bike weigh 40+ lbs/18+ kg, making them hard to move up and down stairs (in my case) felt stigma: I felt… Continue reading Helpful responses to snarky comments about e-bikes
Sam here. I’ve been back and forthing on the blog about e-bikes. See Sam is sorry she was a bit of a fitness snob about e-bikes and Women and e-assist bikes… Sam has some worries and Sam is feeling grouchy about e-bikes. After sharing the recent post on Facebook some friends who are e-bike riders… Continue reading Ode to my e-bike (Guest post)
You know about the health benefits of cycling, but you don’t prefer to exercise indoors and on a stationary bike. You also know about economic and environmental benefits of outdoor cycling, but unlike your cycling-obsessed social media friends (it’s the shorts, isn’t it?), you’re maybe not quite ready to commit to battling hilly terrain on… Continue reading eBikes: Moderate Exercise for the Un-Stationary (Guest Post)
I’m presently sitting in the dooryard of the trailer in Carlton County writing this late blog post. I’ve been thinking all day about what I wanted to say. Actually, I’ve been thinking for the past two days, because I basically forgot to blog yesterday, distracted as I was by everything there is going on here at… Continue reading Grateful for a Heck of a Lot
One good thing that’s happened to me as a result of my knee problems is that I’ve got a much richer appreciation of the fact that people come to fitness from many different places. I can see now why people thought past me was just a little bit insufferable. I’ve apologized a few times, first… Continue reading Sam is sorry she was a bit of a fitness snob about e-bikes
