Last June I got on a road bike for the first time and in the months since then cycling has truly changed my life. My love and enthusiasm for being on a bike has taken on a life of it’s own. After first trying cycling I was encouraged by my friends at Cynergy Cycles to train for the Bike MS [...]

The Specialized women’s demo truck made an appearance last weekend in the Santa Monica mountains where some lucky ladies got the chance to demo top of the line Specialized road and mountain bikes.  You didn’t have to be anyone special to be a part of the event either.  Cynergy Cycles bike shop hosted the demo; anyone was welcome to attend, [...]

A funny thing happens as you leave the decadent epicenter of the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas; walk down the long, purposefully disorienting hallway past Celine Dion’s 17th annual comeback show, towards the Sands Expo that houses Interbike, and you can see the entire spectrum of human morality, as this cyclist sees it.   The clientele changes… wild-eyed gamblers take “one more silver [...]

Monday was an “off” day in my training schedule and boy did I need it. Yesterday I met Jenn and Mari from Team A2B at Malibu Bluffs park and rolled out with them for a ride to Neptuneʼs Net and then an eight mile climb up Yuerba Buena. Three and half hours later I was beat beyond beat. I rode [...]

This week began as my first full week of training. Monday and Tuesday I rode from Trancas Canyon to Sycamore Canyon State Park and back, such a beautiful stretch of the coast. Wednesday I climbed Encinal Canyon, which I must say I should have started a little earlier because of the heat but mornings tend to be hectic in my [...]

I had the most amazing week last week. Tuesday morning I met with Ron Peterson a professional coach and BG Fit Expert for an assessment ride. We met in Marina del Rey and rode down to the bike path. We rode that path back and forth and back and forth and…well you get the idea:) He taught me to draft [...]

Sarah Alessi is the CFO/Co-Owner of La Focacceria Tra di Noi in Beverly Hills, Tra di Noi Ristorante in Malibu and the long awaited La Focacceria della Spiaggia at the Trancas Country Mart and the 360 Cafe in the Jose Eber Salon in Beverly Hills. Though she enjoys working in the restaurant industry her favorite time is spent living an [...]