i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

So, my bike is rusted like alot because it sits outside of my dorm and gets wet when it rains. There's rust everywhere! Especially the chain which angers me. Is there anything that I can spray on it to get rid of all the rust?

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

If it takes 45 minutes to walk to my destination, how long would it take to bike there?

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Have any of you tried Spynga? It's supposed to be a fusion of yoga and spinning.

This place is opening soon right near my workplace, and it really looks interesting; http://www.buddhafulspin.com/blog.html

I love cycling, and very much miss being able to bike back and forth to work - right now, because of the distance and the weather, it's just not feasible. As a result, I feel like a lump in many ways. I've never done spinning before, so I don't know how comparable it is. I've also never done yoga, but always wanted to try it. I'm curious to hear others' experiences before I try it out myself.

I've gone insane and decided that I have it in me to do the AIDS/Lifecycle ride this year. I suppose it's not wholly outside my realm of ability, as I have no problem doing metric centuries and I did a century in Nov 2008 without any real training. The time allowed to finish each day seems pretty generous, so I feel good about the way things are paced.

My commute gives me 15 miles of riding 5 days a week now. I'm hoping to sacrifice my lunch hours to make it 30. I'm also going to spend one weekend day riding so that I can get used to having less rest time, hopefully reaching a point where my rest day is something closer to active recovery. I also am going to see about getting involved in San Jose Bike Party more so I get more group riding time. I'm sure some of my solo riding will be dedicated to climbing.

I'd love people's input on how to train for this, though. I think just raising my weekly totals, losing some weight, getting used to more days on, and training a little for climbing might be enough. I don't need to be the first person across the line...I just want to finish.

Thoughts?

(posting to cycling and bikes)

I've gone insane and decided that I have it in me to do the AIDS/Lifecycle ride this year. I suppose it's not wholly outside my realm of ability, as I have no problem doing metric centuries and I did a century in Nov 2008 without any real training. The time allowed to finish each day seems pretty generous, so I feel good about the way things are paced.

My commute gives me 15 miles of riding 5 days a week now. I'm hoping to sacrifice my lunch hours to make it 30. I'm also going to spend one weekend day riding so that I can get used to having less rest time, hopefully reaching a point where my rest day is something closer to active recovery. I also am going to see about getting involved in San Jose Bike Party more so I get more group riding time. I'm sure some of my solo riding will be dedicated to climbing.

I'd love people's input on how to train for this, though. I think just raising my weekly totals, losing some weight, getting used to more days on, and training a little for climbing might be enough. I don't need to be the first person across the line...I just want to finish.

Thoughts?

(posting to cycling and bikes)

backpacking
Want to embrace your wanderlust on the cheap? If you're tall on adventurous spirit, but short on funds, this community can help you plan a trip to anywhere. Offering plentiful tips on how to travel light, you can post about bargain hotels and hostels if you're into urban exploration or discuss camping gear and mosquito netting for the great outdoors. Hitch your backpack, pitch your tent, and carpe diem!

Update on http://community.livejournal.com/bikes/384127 which I posted following the death of a fellow cyclist after being hit by a drunk driver:

The driver was scheduled to go to court this morning on charges of aggravated vehicular manslaughter. I'm not sure why, but the case was continued.

Incidentally, a local tv news anchor was a passenger in the vehicle. His station barely reported on the accident, and never mentioned his connection to my knowledge. To their credit, he is no longer with the station.

howdy y'all, the end of the year is coming up and some people enjoy to take inventory of their past year/life in the saddle. here's a list that i found a while ago from a friend, with some things added. it's not organized, and it could really use some additions. let's expand on it!

( the list )

howdy y'all, the end of the year is coming up and some people enjoy to take inventory of their past year/life in the saddle. here's a list that i found a while ago from a friend, with some things added. it's not organized, and it could really use some additions. let's expand on it!

( the list )