Last Saturday I headed to the Trek of Pittsburgh Robinson store for the annual Breast Cancer Awareness ride. One of my favorite things to do is ride and one of my next favorite things to do is ride for a good cause! An excellent combination of good stuff like skippy’s natural peanut butter & strawberry rhubarb [...]
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I had a really great, action packed kind of weekend. The BELLAs attended the Friday night Pirate Game against the Kansas City Royals, where the Pirates took the win 6-2! Ni-eeece! Go Bucs!
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I am reminded the crit is no easy task. Surrrre, its only 25 half mile laps… surrrre its only a 40 minute race. No big…. GO! AHHH! ok, find your groove mj and stick with it. where is it? nope, not there.. nooo.. did i bring it!? heck, i didnt notice this head wind on my warm up! gosh, these girls are [...]
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I renewed my road license for the first time in about five years. That’s basically how long its been since I bought my first full suspension Trek Fuel and never looked back. Weeeeeeee! Now that I live closer to the Burgh again I see no reason to not make an occasional appearance at the weekly [...]
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So as I sit here at my desk, waiting for returning phone calls and artwork proofs to land in my inbox, my mind usually wanders into thinking about how the Trek stores can help You, the cyclist. In case you didn’t know, my screen name “Heasleyamend” is me, Jessie… marketing girl for the Trek bicycle [...]
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Sure I roll out on a road bike and pavement on occasion. Its nice to switch it up from time to time, and it can definitely feel low maintenance compared to trail riding at times too. If your looking for something to do this Sunday the Mingo Creek Road Race Series has its first race of the 2009 [...]
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a. trying to talk you out of whatever it is your doing; knock it off already!
b. reminding you maybe you’re not as tough as you thought or would like to be.
c. leaving the body.
d. all of the above.
Feel free to choose your own answer. I’m not one to judge.
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As the BELLAs arrived on Saturday morning we quickly noticed we brought some of the trails with us. heehee (so easily amused)! We swapped out the caged pedals for some SPDs hoping we’d feel more at home on the spin bikes. I’m sure it helped our riding, but the pedals definitely hindered our transitions.
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The Pittsburgh BELLAs made their debut this weekend! BELLAs = Biking Enthusiastic Ladies Loving Adventures, or Beauties, whichever you prefer. We did not claim victory at our first race together, but we did have a sweet, sweet time tryin’! 6 hours of indoor spinning. 15 minute intervals between riders. 196+ miles completed. Priceless! Full race report [...]
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