The Herald Sun May 26, 2005 DURHAM — May is National Bike Month, and last week was National Bike to Work Week. They probably schedule these celebrations for May because of the weather. I mean, how can you resist going for a ride when the highs are in the 70s and the mosquitoes aren’t out yet? It makes sense, then, that May is also the time a lot of folks start dreaming of that new bike. John Murray of Durham writes in to ask for a little advice on choosing his next bike. He says, “I am a 60 yr.old […]
Column: Women’s biking group offers fun, support
Phillip Barron The Herald-Sun DURHAM — Susan Crosjean of Raleigh practices “popping” her front wheel off the ground again and again. Once she’s comfortable with the move, she aims her bike at a tightly packed row of logs, each 12 inches in diameter. Riding toward them, she gathers speed. She’s cheered on by her friends and encouraged by spotters, who are there just in case. She lifts her front wheel, then the rear, and rolls gracefully over the stunt. I ask later whether she’s ever cleared that stunt before. “Never,” she says, “but I don’t let anything stand in my […]