Arleigh Jenkins

Southeast Rep in the bicycle industry for Quality Bicycle (QBP). Lover of interactive marketing, technology, bicycles, latte's & photography. My cycling persona is over http://BikeShopGirl.com.

All things represented or typed about here are my own personal opinions. Please leave it as that.

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Down By The River

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Triathlete in the Works

[gallery link="file" order="DESC"] Early runs, lake swims and even some core work in the gym.  You can say that my 1st sprint triathlon put the state of my condition, or lack of it, in perspective.  Thanks to all for the kind words and helpful advice.  Time to get ready for the next one.

Checklist for my 1st Sprint Triathlon

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My first sprint triathlon is this coming Sunday.  If un-prepared is part of the training regimen I am right on course for an awesome first tri!  Sure I had goals and plans of doing the whole 8 weeks to your first sprint tri but life, work and excuses got in the way.  The one small advantage I have is the fact I work with 3 elite-level triathlon who have a bounty of knowledge.

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SIGG Bottles, Maybe Not So Safe

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Furious blog entries and news articles are popping up across the internet that SIGG, known for their BPA free bottles weren't so BPA free prior to August 2008.   If you remember that SIGG was one of the few bottles out there that parents were trusting their kids to drink out of when they were throwing away all their other bottles like Nalgene's.
Now SIGG has gone public with an announcement that all of their bottles are completely BPA free, thanks to their new "EcoCare" powder-based, co-polyester coating. But Steve Wasik now admits that bottles made previous to August, 2008 were lined with a water-based epoxy liner which contained trace amounts of BPA. Was I misled last year? When I wrote that it's Time to Pack In the Polycarbonates, was suggesting people get a SIGG instead bad advice?

Carey's Cycling Chronicles

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Thanks to racing, being neutral support or being roped into mechanical support for 12 and 24 hour mountain bike racers I have had the ability to meet some awesome people in my travels.  Two of those people, Zeke and Carey, are riding their bikes across the Rockies. 

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Introducing : Specialized Amira

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As the trend is showing, for 2010, bike companies have taken note and are adding more women's bikes to their line up.  Specialized has added two high end road bikes to their line and wow they are beauties!

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Wednesday Round Up

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Cyclelicious reports on 3 different recalls for the day from Felt Bikes, Burley Trailers and Nirve Bikes.

Velo Orange has photos of their prototype mixte's that will be available early 2010.

The Safe Routes to School Conference started today in Portland.  Follow BikePortland on twitter for more updates. Chic Cyclist gives her impression of the bike share program in Paris called Velib.

Women's Shopping Experience Better but Not Great

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The shopping experience is getting better in the cycling industry for women. For the past few years it has been drilled in to retailers heads by manufacturers and industry representatives.   Women do make up the majority of buying decision in the average household and women do like to shop.  Seeing that most bike shops are male driven we don't have to wonder why it is intimidating to go in and talk about spandex, bike shorts or colors of bikes with the guys.  Most of them can't get it, because they aren't a girl!

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Shush Girl

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What's in Your Bag?

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A common question seems to be : What's in your bicycle bag? The bag they are referring to could be my seat bag found under most of my saddles, one of my messenger type bags slung over my back on the way to work or the store, or maybe my Camelbak on the way to the local mountain bike trail.

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