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A Lunch Ride in the Loop & Historic Buildings
It is officially spring in the Midwest, but you would not know it by the chilly weather in Chicago. The sun has started to peak out a little more, and feels a little brighter and stronger each day,...
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A New and Improved Dutch Bike Reference Page
Just letting everyone know that I spent some time over the weekend updating the Dutch Bikes page on this blog. Since I started this blog last year, I’ve met a lot of other bike bloggers who write...
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Biking to Garfield Park Conservatory in Search of Spring Flowers
Dale Chilhuly Persian Lilies in the Aroid Room Last weekend Mr. Ding and I had a Sunday afternoon date/bike-ride to the Garfield Park Conservatory. The Conservatory is sort of one of those ‘hidden...
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A Beer & Grocery Run Omafiets-Style
There’s just something about loading up Oma with all sorts of stuff that makes me proud. I’ve put an entire case of beer (bottles) on the front before, but this was a slightly new challenge. And it...
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Spring Sunshine, Doughnuts, & Tulips for A Dutch Bike
A couple of weeks ago yours truly here started a new gig downtown. What this meant for Oma was a new route to work in the morning. Unfortunately, it has been rainy and incredibly windy every day...
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Dutch and Dutch-Style Bikes Everywhere I Look!
Electra Amsterdam & Manhattan Green bikes spotted downtown When I walked out of my office for lunch last week, I walked by a number of Dutch and Dutch-like bikes parked around the neighborhood...
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Are Those Basil Saddle Covers Really Waterproof? Yes!
Andrew and I rode our bikes to the store this morning and when we came out of the store to load up our bikes, the first downpour of the day had begun. There sat my Omafiets in the pouring rain, wearing...
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Meet A New Workcycles Opafiets Owner
Two happy Workcycles bike owners I received an email from Patrick a few weeks ago, asking about my Workcycles Omafiets. It seems that Patrick had just started riding a bike again here in Chicago,...
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Oma Goes to the Beach
One of the many great things about living in Chicago is that we sit along an amazing lake – one that is easily accessible from the city. If you work downtown you can go from the office to the beach...
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We’re Looking for a Non-Pricey Step-through Bike
Mr. Ding and I are on a quest to buy a steel frame, step-through bike for a tall rider (5′ 10). In this case it’s for a new rider who’s not going to ride it everyday and everywhere – she’s going to...
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Saturday’s Snowy Errands No Problem for Oma
Sorry for the drop-off in posts at the end of the week, but we were experiencing some technical difficulties here at the house of Ding which left me without access to my laptop or any photo drives or...
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The Saints of Bike Winter
Looking out at the light snow that is falling now, on top of the snowy sleet that fell last night, on top of the rain that froze up the previous night, I’m thinking that the residential intersection...
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