Gardening Grief Relief
Ah, spring. The warm sun. Buds on the trees. And aching knees. Gardening is a fun, rewarding and calorie-blasting activity. According to My Calorie Counter, an average 150lb person burns 273 calories for every hour of general lawn and garden work. And no other form of exercise gives yields such nutritious and delicious results! Still, [...]
Courtroom Lycra for Bicycling Magazine
In addition to the long overdue termination of the Style Man, Bicycling Magazine has made two other wise moves recently: the addition of cycling activist/humorist blogger BikeSnobNYC and cycling law expert Bob Mionske. Mionske is a true prize for the publication, filling useful niche in the publication with his new column and blog entitled “Road [...]
Are Bike Shops Surviving the Recession?
Start time: 13 minutes, 19 seconds Wall Street Journal’s “This Morning” podcast spoke with Brandon Dwight, owner of Boulder Cycle Sport, about the current economy’s effect on bike shops. I don’t want to ruin the ending for you, but I’ll give you a hint: this bike shop in Boulder, Colorado (where adults on average have [...]
Will they pay if you give it away?
When my friends and family first hear about Twittercize, my free exercise program on Twitter, they almost all ask the same question: “So how does it make money?” The simple answer: it doesn’t. It’s a gift. With two little girls at home I don’t have as much time to build hiking trails in Colorado’s backcountry [...]
