BLOGS BY MIKE AND BEN
This morning, Mike Rogers and I, the Director of Photography/support guy and the support guy/support guy – woke up early, and worked out in the gym. This, we believe evens out, temporarily, the moral high-ground that all-day excercise usually affords by Meghan, Gillian, and the other riders.

We pulled out of [...]

Today was our most challenging day yet- we rode the farthest (38 miles), spent 30 of those miles soaked to the bone, and it was the hilliest.
Jenn left us this morning on an early morning flight back to DC. She joined us for the first 3 days of Back in Bloomers, and we hope she [...]

BLOG BY MEGHAN SHEA
There is something about traveling behind a large high wheel bike that is transportive. It’s a gentleman’s ride that paces itself in step with the human body and not by the hopes of packing in a good work out or breaking 25 mph. The ride is Victorian and so is [...]

Today was day #2 of BIB, although in many ways it felt like the first “real” day of the ride. Yesterday was such an adrenaline-filled, event-packed day, so the level of fanfare was definitely higher than we expect for the rest of the trip. But today was equally fantastic! Seeing as our biggest problem was [...]

BLOG BY PETER ZHEUTLIN
The day began with Gary taking a few spins on his high wheeler around the lobby of the Providence, R.I. Marriott, to the delight of the guests and the consternation of management. After breakfast we hit the road under clear blue skies and warm temperatures; our luck with the weather still [...]

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A group picture at the State House (Left); The start of BIB (Middle); Team Londonderry wtih the “Bloomer Banner”
BIB has officially begun, and we’ve completed our first day of cycling. Things could not
have gone better for us today. The weather was perfect- [...]

Team Londonderry convened at Peter Zheutlin’ house in Needham for some route planning, bike demonstrations, and designer bike cake! For those of you who are new to the blog, Team Londonderry is heading up Back in Bloomers (hereafter referred to as “BIB”). BIB is a historical re-creation of the Boston-NYC leg of Annie Londonderry’s [...]

I’ve only been a member of the DC biking community for one month, but I’ve already discovered my favorite bike shop. It’s Proteus Bicycles, in College Park.

Owned by Jill DiMaura (an Ithaca native!) Proteus Bicycles is an uber-friendly neighborhood bike shop. Because I live in DC and tend to visit to the nearby bike haunts, [...]

Here is a picture of Gary Sanderson, on his high-wheel bicycle. Gary will be a team member of Team Londonderry.

For all of you faithful Spokeswoman Production blog readers, we apologize for the hiatus! We’ve been very busy with the logistics of planning  “Back in Bloomers.” We’ve been working on all sorts of things, from securing lodging along the route, to getting town permits, to orchestrating our own media circus. Ok, perhaps we’re not exactly [...]