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Beth H. Patient Expert

Portland, Oregon
Bicycle mechanic, randonneuring cyclist, musician and artist. Living with Crohn's disease (and without health insurance) in the beautiful Pacific NW.
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six months by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Six months ago my life changed in a fairly radical way. I have struggled at times with the change in both my primary career and in my work-related identity ... Read on »
Shalshelet cross-post # 2: More bike content by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking (This is the second cross-post from my music blog; content here has been edited for my bikey readers) Monday started out really mellow and great. Jim had some work to ... Read on »
Shalshelet music festival cross-post: bicycle-related content by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking (This is a cross-post from my music blog, beth-hamon.blogspot.com. I'm re-posting the bike-related content here for my bikelovejones readers. Enjoy.) Friday morning ... Read on »
it was like this: neighborhood ride, n/ne pdx 1-21-13 by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking gorgeous day for a ride   Originally uploaded by periwinklekog Nothing ambitious. I just hadn't been on my bike very much and I was missing it. The weat ... Read on »
Bikelovejones on the radio: Sunday 1/20/2013, http://kboo.fm by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking KBOO community radio, 90.7 fmPortland Yiddish Hour on 01/20/13 Portland Yiddish Hour presents Beth Hamon and Ilene Safyan, live in-s ... Read on »
so much for suspending the blog... by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking 2012 log Originally uploaded by periwinklekog So much for suspending my bicycling blog. Too many of you messaged or emailed me asking me to reconsider bec ... Read on »
2012 mileage and the future of blogging by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Between the cargo-biking I'd done yesterday in near-freezing weather, staying up late last night, and the 28F thermometer reading that greeted me this morning, I decided th ... Read on »
wonders of ne portland; random riding bits; cycling goals by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It was cold and clouds threatened. Still neither of us wanted to spend the day just sitting around. So after errands, we went for a neighborhood ramble in the Fremont neigh ... Read on »
friends of slow ride, 12-24-12 by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking friends of slow ride 12-24-12 Originally uploaded by periwinklekog In anticipation of the vast amounts of food many members of Team Slow would eat on Christmas E ... Read on »
tried and liked/didn't like in 2012 -- part two: activities/ride by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking The truth was that I didn't really do much riding that was goal-oriented in 2012. With the career transition taking several months and ending as strangely as it did, I real ... Read on »
tried and liked/didn't like, 2012 edition -- part one: products by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking The longer I've been in the bicycle industry, the shorter this list has become. When you're new to the industry, the shop discount and pro deals are like having keys t ... Read on »
random bits, week of 11/26/12 by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Mostly photos of my travels around town, and a report on the buildup of the new bike. This week, with no class on Sunday because of the Thanksgiving holiday, I enjoyed ... Read on »
product review and update: chrome kursk cycling sneaker by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Three years ago, when I was still working as the lead buyer at Citybikes, the Chrome Bags rep wanted to see if we might expand our shop's Chrome offerings to include t ... Read on »
Coffeeneuring Challenge, 11/22/12: Find something open on Thanksgiving morning by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I like to go for a long bike ride on Thanksgiving morning, ahead of the large turkey dinner that my sister likes to serve in the early afternoon. This year, two friends cam ... Read on »
on user-friendly technology by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking A teammate who is temporarily laid up from a racing injury has posted to our team list that, as a winter project of sorts, she'd like to compile a list of routes for some o ... Read on »
the art of the useful hack: fenders by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking fender fix Originally uploaded by periwinklekog I went to Crank bikes (http://www.crankpdx.com) on Tuesday to see if I could find some extra hardware to correct ... Read on »
Portland-area Riv/Bstone/bikelovestyle Thanksgiving morning ride by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Portland-Area Riv/BStone/bikelovestyle enthusiasts: I'm throwing a Thanksgiving morning Turkey Anticipation Ride. Bring a friend. Rivs and BStones, or any other be ... Read on »
sekai tourer, part three: ta-daaaah! by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I sometimes get obsessed with a new bike build... Yesterday afternoon, on a sudden whim, I called up a bunch of bike shops and found that none have used fenders right ... Read on »
sekai tourer, part two by Beth H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I'm nearly done dialing in this bike. I will want to go back and shorten the brake housing a bit once I dial in the stem height I want, and it needs fenders, mini-rack, sad ... Read on »