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Why My Pedal-Assist Ebike Changed Everything

September 16, 2025
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Bike Riding, Fit and Strong

I'll admit it – I was skeptical about ebikes. Maybe it's because I'm attached to my vintage Cannondale hybrid, or maybe I had this idea that using electric assistance somehow wasn't "real" cycling. My boyfriend bought me a pedal-assist ebike for Christmas. I'd been dealing with some lung issues, and I think he thought it would help encourage me to keep riding. I was sort of embarrassed to have one and felt weird talking about using my bike. Funny how our vanity affects us, isn't it? The first thing I noticed? It still felt like riding a bike. You pedal, you steer, you brake – all the familiar motions are there. But then you feel it: this gentle, almost magical push that makes everything easier. It's not...

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Bicycling All 50 States with Joyce Guenther

May 24, 2022
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

Episode 107 - Bicycling All 50 States with Joyce Guenther Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In Episode 107, Jill and Chris talk with Joyce Guenther who has ridden her bicycle in all 50 states of the USA. Jill met Joyce Guenther in high school and they ended up at the same college together. Years later they reconnected on Facebook. Joyce has completed bike rides in all 50 states and has turned her attention to Europe. She is a member of our private Becoming Elli Facebook Group. Her education was in the sciences. She worked in business for many years and then ran her husband’s medical office. She lives with her husband in central Ohio and has two adult daughters. Joyce is also very...

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Getting my activity minutes but a tree down across the bike path

Activity Minutes Regroup

August 31, 2020
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I was looking at my average activity minutes for this year. Since I've been wearing a FitBit for several years, it is just a click of the button. Because the school year has started and the weather is changing, I feel like it is time to set new goals and regroup with my fitness activity minutes. Today I feel the movement of time. Change of season. Change of moon. Change of tide. Usually I don't think about things like this, or feel it as strongly. The last of summer feels like it is slipping away and we're heading into fall. Yesterday was a cool bike ride. Usually when I finish I'm almost overheated, but yesterday I should have worn a light jacket or sweatshirt. It...

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Strava App Review – My Favorite Bike Riding App

August 18, 2019
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Bike Riding, Fit and Strong

Strava App Review On most of my bike rides, before we even leave the parking lot, someone invariably says "Strava On?" It's become like a mantra. The bike riding (and running) app was originally designed for competitive people who really like to see how fast they are doing a similar course compared to others. I like to use it to document rides. (I guess you can use swim also, but I've never tried that.) I don't use it as much of challenge but more like documentation or logging my rides. I love looking back over the years of riding and remembering the fun we've had. On this past Saturday, I rode my favorite ride. It's a large circle that we affectionate call the "Kent Loop." It hardly goes into Kent,...

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Bike Ride Recap of the 2019 Buckeye Breakaway

August 10, 2019
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Bike Riding, Fit and Strong, Mental Health, Motivation

Fun. Challenging. Hot. Lots of food and laughs. Exhausting. Sleep Depriving. Happy. Silly. Tiring. Inspiring. Great. The recap of the bike ride for 2019 Buckeye Breakaway with my team the SOB's was all these things and more. Take a couple minutes to watch the video below with the Skiers on Bikes, read this recap and learn about my experiences this year!! About my bike: My bike is a 1988 53" Cannondale with downtube shifters that we bought from Craigslist in 2012. The previous owner barely rode it and it was like new. Except for the bent fork. I suspect during one of their first rides, they ran into a ditch and then didn't ride again. Then 24 years later I bought it. The bike is 31 years old...

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You Dont have to Listen to Negative Voices

You Don’t Have to Listen

August 3, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Mental Health, Motivation

When that little voice in your head says "Are you kidding?!? You are too old." You don't have to listen. When you think about a new challenge and think "I can't do that! That's too much/too tall/too long/ too hard." You have a choice. You don't have to listen to those negative thoughts. Or when you look in the mirror and the mirror looks back as if to say "No, not you." YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LISTEN. It took me a long time to learn this. Who am I kidding? I'm still trying to learn this. Ha ha! It's easy to forget that the one person who is holding me back is...

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Looking Forward to Spring Bike Riding

March 30, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Fitness

When spring rolls around I start thinking about riding my bike outside. For me, happiness is bike riding. It reminds me of when I was 10, 11 and 12 years old. Lots of good memories of riding bikes as transportation to go visit friends, using the construction site around the corner as my personal BMX course, and having freedom to go where I where ever my bike could take me. Just seeing the weather get a little more sunny and a little less cold has me thinking about bike riding. Doing something you love, that just happens to help you get fit, is a real lucky thing, I think! This time of year is full of anticipation for me. I'm going to do a big ride in August as...

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Staying Cool During Summer Heat While Bike Riding or Running

June 30, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness

The weather forecast was supposed to be the low 90's today and my bike group has a long bike ride planned in Cleveland, starting before noon and probably not finishing until well after 4 pm. Of course, we won't be riding the entire time. We'll be taking photos (there are 3 Cleveland signs on the route) and probably stopping at a marina on Lake Erie for lunch. Being able to participate in a long day during the heat, without any ill effects, can be a challenge. Heat gets to me, so I try to do several things to stay cool during summer heat. You probably are doing most of them already. (Some aren't so pretty.) Here are my heat tips for bike riding or running a race when it...

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Getting Psyched for Bike Riding this Spring

April 7, 2018
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Fit and Strong, Fitness

It took me a while to really love-love-love bike riding. There was a lot I had to "get over." Of course I had to work on my stamina, endurance, and muscles, but that's not what I'm referring to! Like everything else with exercising and having fun, when I started bike riding, I had to "get over it." The helmet hair. Socks with sandals. Lycra spandex bike pants. Funny form fitting shirts with pockets in the back (most of them meant for guys, not women.) Weird sun tan lines around my eye from wearing sun glasses. Self doubt if I could keep up. Lots of laundry with sweaty bike clothes. [caption id="attachment_2713" align="alignright" width="300"] Taken on a ride to Cleveland, July 23, 2018 during a lunch break at the...

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Becoming Elli is for women over the age of 50 who are focused on healthy living and getting fit. We discuss fitness, nutrition, and ways to age gracefully. Our mission is the same as our podcast: to become (and stay) Fit Strong Women Over 50.

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