Category: gravel biking

  • Wayfarer Bike Short: Pockets & Colors!

    Wayfarer Bike Short: Pockets & Colors!

    This review is part of the “Bottoms Up” series of reviews of Terry biking bottoms and contains affiliate links. Spring term teaching got the better of me and I’m behind on my pocket shorts reviews project, but I’m back to talk about one of my favorites that I’ve been looking forward to writing about: The Wayfarer…

  • Holster Prima: Pocket Paradise

    Holster Prima: Pocket Paradise

    This review is part of the “Bottoms Up” series of reviews of Terry biking bottoms and contains affiliate links. While driving home after my road workout yesterday, I was listening to the recent episode of the Girls Gone Gravel podcast about how female hormones relate to our training, which I found fascinating. Selene Yeager was…

  • Bottoms Up! A Review Series of Terry Chamois Shorts & Bottoms

    Bottoms Up! A Review Series of Terry Chamois Shorts & Bottoms

    I care more about my biking bottoms than I do about any other piece of gear (except for my bikes and helmet). The cutest jersey in the world can’t save you if your crotch hurts and you’re two hours from home on a trail or road with no cell service. I want to pull on…

  • Review: Bella Max Shorts

    Review: Bella Max Shorts

    This review is part of the “Bottoms Up” series of reviews of Terry biking bottoms. The Bella Max shorts are “max” because they are the longer sibling of the “regular” Bellas, they have slightly more padding, and they also have a pocket. Those are really the only differences, but they’re functional differences worth diving into.…

  • It’s Fall. Harry is Here.

    It’s Fall. Harry is Here.

    [This post has no spider photos, but it does have an optional soundtrack.] My default road rides take me through downtown San Jose toward Alum Rock Park and the hillsides beneath Mount Hamilton. For a girl who loves to climb–on a bike, on rocks, you name it–it’s a much better route than the default loop…