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40/F/Prego(pregnant)/FTFL(fat tire fisher lover) seeking comments and idle chatter from fellow female bicycle enthusiasts.  Only requirements include:  increasing interest in all things cycling related.

Until recently (approx. 5 months ago), I was regularly mountain biking and road biking with my best friend (who also happens to be my husband) and other cycling friends.  Summer heat combined with baby weight and resisting the urge to purchase "pregnant" cycling clothes (only to be worn for a short period of time) reduced my cycling to an occasional ride around Cleveland park until my regular size spandex shorts no longer fit my new physic.

So to fulfill my biking needs, J.J. (aka:best friend/husband) and I have been urban riding to and from friends houses and have also made several "Barley's" trips to add to our ride list. Fortunately, we live in the downtown Greenville area and so most destinations are pretty close to home.

Pizza and bikes are two of my favorite things, so life is not so bad for a healthy, 40 year-old pregnant woman cycling in the south.

Dirt-Lover G

City of Greenville is making sure bicycles have parking.

New city rules designed to encourage bike use require many new developments and conversion projects to install at least two bicycle parking spaces and as many as 10 for the first 100 car spaces.

City Manager Jim Bourey said it's the kind of small change to city land management rules that can have a large impact overall as new projects sprout in the city and existing buildings change uses. Soon, you could chain up all over.

Kym Petrie, the new downtown business recruiter for the city and the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, called the new standards "wonderful" for the city, saying a city designation as arts-friendly or bike-friendly "is of such value for economic development, I can't even put words to it."

One more reason to ride a bicycle to enjoy our downtown area.