Getting your wheels off the ground can be a sore spot (literally) for many riders, including myself. The best way to get more confident in the air is to practice – Heatherwood Bike Park in Ephrata offers a gradual progression…
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5 TIPS FOR FUN WINTER BIKE RIDES #1 Take your time and BE VISIBLE While the tendency is to try and get from point A to point B as fast as possible, during the winter its best to just slow…
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A Trade-In, Trade-Up Program for Kids’ Bikes Got kids? If you’re nodding your head yes, then you know how fast (and in the case of our kiddos, how slow) they grow. Buying a kid’s bike is kinda like gambling. We…
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Our Juniors Clinic is Free & Fun, Every Friday “Mom, this is what I want to do with my life!” Brady, age 10. Okay, so I’ll put it on record that my son has a flair for the dramatic. But after…
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Rebecca Takes on the Cross Course Know how it feels when you get to the top of a roller coaster, and it stops for a second? Your stomach kind of rises into your throat and your heart drums out of…
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Sharing bikes on the Warwick Rail Trail is totally a thing. And you should absolutely check it out! Ever want to be one of those happy faces, all easy breezy, peddling along the rail trail? Yeah, me too. But I…
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I learned a valuable lesson on my 30 mile ride today: if a segment on Strava has the word “climb” in it, I’m probably not ready for it. Clay Road climb? Pass. Lincoln Road Climb? Hard limit. I mean, Lincoln…
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This year, I decided that I was done being afraid. We’re told as women that we need to be quiet and small and blend in, but I am neither quiet nor small. My body is strong and big and my…
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Melody’s Going Road… So I bought a road bike yesterday. I get that I just bought a hybrid from Lititz Bikeworks a couple of months ago. I get that this makes me look spoiled and indulged and all of those…
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Melody Goes the Distance Biking Update #23 (also, I lost count): You guys, I BIKED THIRTY MILES THIS MORNING. In a row. One in front of each other. There’s a part of me that wants to be self-deprecating about this,…
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