Bike Month Round-up

 

A new bike, new territories, and new things on the horizon this Summer all started this month!

For Mothers Day, we welcomed a new bike to our family; Hermie!

This whole month its been me and The Herm, rolling through the familiar and the strange, getting to know each other. Its been pretty great! I showed him off around the neighborhood, riding the routes I’m oh-so-familiar with, to see how he differs from Sandra Dee.

..and let me say, the difference is just…WOW. Alas, that is for a different post!

1st weekend in May was a ride to the City College for a play followed by riding along Riverside Drive and the Upper West Side,

Just the Bee’s and the bikes on this journey

The 2nd weekend of Bike month, was a trip through Queens, my home-borough :)

1st time on the 7 train

Its been a long time, Corona.

We did the whole 2-3mile route, wrapping around the Hall of Science, The Farm and petting zoo, and of course the Unisphere

 

 

He’s this badass in real life..in case you’re wondering.

After spending the night in Queens with my friends, this day in Queens moved over a Borough to Brooklyn.

I can’t even remember the last time I picked Regg up from work…he had his bike, I had mine..so why the hell not? Awake for 24 hrs, running on basically fumes(and coconut rum shots), may not sound like the best time to cross the Brooklyn Bridge..but we did!

Oh to be young and live in New York City<3

On the 3rd week; it was the 8th Annual Bicycle Fetish Day Festival down in Willysburg. 8th?? Where was I for the other 7?!

There were bikey-related things everywhere and familiar bikey people such as Bitchcakes and Kimmy! Not only was it great having my Bee there, but meeting great bikey gals such as Laura and Shelma, two of the raddest peeps part of the WE bike and Local Spokes movements! Thanks to them, there will be plenty of bike posts this summer :)

Great music was playing, contests and races were ensuing, cupcakes were being eaten, and of course plenty of photo-ops..

BikeNYC photogs such as Jim Kiernan and Dmitry were there and snapped some great friggin shots! Check out Jims Flickr here, and Dmitrys here.

After the rad festivities(and before the rain came pouring down) our little bike clan crossed a new bridge to us all; The Williamsburg

The (wet)faces of accomplishment.

Last, and very far from least, the last weekend of bike month is the biggest of all..I got invited on my 1st social ride, first LocalSpokes meeting, and rode my 2nd tour, the Tour de Brooklyn!

BOOTD for the Garden Party and Social ride includes a dress that you can wear as a skirt(Route 66 $15)!

The garden party was cute fun and informative. Attendees scored some cool freebies too; like bike bells, maps, and water bottles.

*LS’s plan is to get protected bike lanes all over the LES(including Chinatown) for a smoother and safer environment for all commuters*

There is a great community of Lady Bikers here in NYC :D

After snacks, business card exchanges and a bike raffle—Its time to ride :D

While unlocking our bikes, I grab this hot pic of some of NYC’s ladyBikers..including @Bike Peace NYC!

a small and lovely bike group. but what made it better is one lovely rider(Faye) is the owner of a Wayfarer..the Male frame! As a matter of fact, there was three Schwinns on this ride :)

SD’s Brother!

Managed to only snap one pic throughout the whole ride..and here it is;

W34th street near Penn Station

My new awesome Bikey pal Raquel schedules weekly rides through Meetup.com or The Social ride FB page! THANKS FOR THE AWESOME INITIATIVE RACH!

At the risk of making this post drag on, I’ll be blogging about the Tour de Brooklyn(and it being on my one year cycle and blogiversairy!) in a later post, as well as blogging my outfit over on my Skorch blog.

Best. Bike Month. Ever.

June’s shaping up to be just as fantastic. Stay tuned.

 

CC x

A MONTH!?

The main topic of this blog is meant to be cycling, and this being my first winter as a cyclist, I knew I wouldn’t have much to write on about bikes. I have ventured into fashion, makeup, and otherwise personal posts. That’s a bit of a downer to me personally, since it seems like I’m losing interest in SD all together…until I got on her today:

It’s a recycled outfit, seen before, I just wanted to feel comfy

Dress: Old Navy

Sweater: LYS

Boots: Uggs

Belt: Rainbow

Spring is definitely well on its way here in NYC, we’ve been hitting close to 70 for about a week or so! I am upset I’ll be losing all my awesome winter accessories, but happy I don’t need to bundle all the way up. Todays ride was local, frustrating(at first since it was a new route and destination), and rewarding all at the same time. Confused? You should be. How am I not? This is a normal day in the emotional rollercoaster that is my life!

Terribly written directions…I need to hand write more.

Hubb gearing up <3

I love shadow shots :D

We needed to wind through sections of the Cross Bronx/Whitestone and Hutchison Highways..although I did ride through it back when I did the Tour De Bronx., it was still a bit much for taking a month off of riding.

being the time it was(6pm)..traffic was a-flowin

but at least making it out alive means you get a water view!

Getting a bit lost, confused, angry and sweaty, we made it my liddle sis’ place to do my good deed for the week.

I handed over my awesome 25th Birthday dress to a deserving person. I was toying with the idea of selling it for a while and was hesitant, but knowing its going to a loving home, I handed it right over! She was stressing about finding the perfect outfit for her little man’s 1st birthday party, I was stressing about a bill, it worked out great! I even got to see my widdle (grumpy) nephew-

at least I got one good pic!

The ride back, as always, was way easier, and it hit me that this was part of the 25-mile route for the Bronx Tour! It was tough realizing it on the way there..maybe because of the slight rage..but it only took 10 minutes to get home!

I may have to ride there more often.

xoxo

CD the CC

(Cruiser Dolly the Chubby Cruiser)

im trying it on for size..need to make this blog more official!

ps  if your on facebook, please take the time out to like my new page!

Baby, it’s gettin’ coooooold outside

December is here and brought the nippy with it! Hubb and I are adding cold weather apparel to our cycling arsenal, since there is no sign of us stopping our routine yet :) We’re milking everyday we can, if it ‘aint storming, we out riding!

My new cape is the bee’s knees, I never thought I could pull one off, but here I am rockin it ;)

• New gloves were attained

I feel so classy in the red leather ones, the fingerless funky ones are a trip back to tweenhood!

The cutest skull scarf(Joe Boxer)for 50% off? MINE its soft as hell too

Hubb is stocking up on knit hats since his helmet is a summer helmet. If it comes with a visor, it’s a BIG plus!

• Im a boot-bitch..didn’t you know?

These Route 66 lined boots can be worn two ways:

and were on sale!

These are the newest Uggs in my collection, I wore my green ones for the Tour De Bronx and my black ones need cleaning. I remember saying “I’ll never wear those UGGly things!” That’s before I got the hookup and found out how comfy they were!

and cycling-friendly..minus the grease stains(ugh)

I remember there being a time I dreaded shopping, maybe because I had my mother dressing me, but mostly because bigger sizes weren’t always available in the junior section. Shoe shopping was awful too, my feet were wide. Plus being a growing girl I needed new shoes every few months…so it was pure torture I had to endure. Being a young adult, I appreciate how far clothing has come for the plus size gal, I can now take solace in the fact that I will always find something in my size virtually anywhere I shop :)
..O yeah…you may have noticed but I took my hair in a different direction;

My Facebook followers were quite vocal about “losing the bike-riding cotton candy” I must admit, once I was done going back to brunette, I shed a tear….maybe more!
But ya know…I kinda like it…Its shorter, darker, choppy, but still has some color in there. Not bad for doing it myself eh?

But badass rebel Barbie will be back….she will be back..