Month: January 2026

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A Little Snow on the Sidewalk Behind the Waverly YMCA

A Little Snow on the Sidewalk Behind the Waverly YMCA.

I have so been enjoying being back on my bike this year, especially since we’ve had some unseasonably warm weather. And that unseasonably warm weather has come to an end, for now, so the question is, will I still ride my bike?

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The Counter at Baltimore Bicycle Works on Falls Road

A crowded bike shop with a worker behind a counter and lots of tires and accessories surrounding them.

One of my bike rides this week took me down to Baltimore Bicycle Works, our local worker-owned coop bike shop, to make an appointment for a tune up and some new bar tape. I went with my friend R., who is getting the electric bike her dad gifted her in better working order. It took both of us making each other go to take care of this task, and I’m so glad we have each other to overcome the inertia that can keep me, at least, riding on a bike that needs a derailleur adjustment for far too long. Friendship is magic!

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Trucks, Fencing, and Traffic Barriers on Wyman Park Drive at Remington Avenue

I had a great week on my bike. I rode to the Y and back, even when I could have used the car–a small thing, but a big shift, and it takes basically the same amount of time. I biked to Mount Vernon for a coffee date, to Hampden for a lunch date, and down to Harbor East for dinner with a friend I hadn’t seen in over 20 years. It helped that the weather was unseasonably warm, but really, it’s a mind shift: the bike is how I travel, so that’s how I traveled this week. It was glorious.

My ride to Hampden took me along Wyman Park Drive, which was a construction clusterfuck because Johns Hopkins is building their new AI center on that corner, and they are cutting down a bunch of trees to make room for it. People who care about those trees are not happy about it, not at all. Hopkins says they’ll plant an additional 300 trees, but people who care about these trees want these trees.

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NO EXIT at Greenmount Avenue Signs at Barclay & Venable
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NO EXIT at Greenmount Avenue Signs at Barclay & Venable

I didn’t ride my bike that much in 2025. I spent much of the first part of the year slowly but surely recovering from three surgeries in the second half of 2024. I could bike commute that spring, but a single ride would take me two days of recovery. I spent a lot more time on buses and in carpools than usual. And then it was summer–too hot–and fall–work was so busy. Lots of late nights, I don’t like to ride at night, my boo works ten minutes from me–we’ll carpool.

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