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Ten Questions With: Susan of LoveOfBikes.com

by endoangela on June 25, 2012

Here at Endomondo, we love our users and Susan happens to be one of them. She runs the blog LoveOfBikes.com and was kind enough to answer  a few questions for us.

    1. Can you tell us a little about Love of Bikes? For the Love of Bikes is my website and blog that grew from a longtime love of cycling and bikes. I started blogging about 3 years ago, initially under a different blog name.I write about my bike tours, local and national issues related to biking, rider rights issues (not just those of us that consider ourselves cyclists, but anyone who rides a bike), photos, videos, daily posts on the Tour de France every July (I have to justify the hours and hours and hours of the Tour I watch) and just the joy of biking in general. Recently I took a supported bike tour with a company that gave me a discount on the cost of my tour to write about the ride, I hope to do more of that in the future.All for the Love of Bikes can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
    2. When and why did you decide to make cycling your preferred mode of transportation? I retired from my career several years ago which has allowed me the time and flexibility to use my bike for running errands and doing activities I would have done by car in the past.I don’t commute by bike nearly as much as I would like to but I’m committed to doing it more and more. I definitely enjoy those types of rides. I feel like when I ride my bike in regular clothes to the grocery store or library or downtown to the coffee shop, that other people may see that as something they could do.When we’re clad in spandex I think it makes cycling look like something for athletes only instead of a form of recreation and transportation that most everyone can enjoy—regardless of age or fitness level. That’s one of the great things about biking—just about anyone can do it.
    3. What kind of bike do you ride? My road bike, which is what I ride most of the time, is a 2005 Scott CR1 Pro – all carbon fiber, my commuter/touring bike is a “steel is real” 2010 Jamis Aurora Elite and I also have a 1994 Giant Cadex road bike which I rarely ride and should probably sell but I get attached to bikes so it’s hard to think about selling one.I would like to add a mixte to my cycling corral with more of an upright position for riding in town.I subscribe to the philosophy that the correct number of bikes to own is: [number of bikes currently owned] +1.
    4. What do you love most about cycling? That’s a tough one, but I would have to say it is the freedom I feel when riding. I can be in a funk, or just not in the mood to ride, but by the time I’m 5-10 miles into it I’m having fun and by the end of the ride I’m not ready to stop. That never happens when I run or swim, but it is common with biking.I love the way biking not only transports you physically but it transports you mentally and emotionally too.I also love the experience of riding—the sights, sounds and movement of riding. I love transporting myself with nothing more than my bike and body.
    5. Where is the most beautiful place you’ve ridden? (read on at Endomondo) —-continue reading here