About

Randonneuring, transportation cycling, coffeeneuring, and bike touring. Since 2010, Chasing Mailboxes has been a space to share the joys and travails of time on two feet and two wheels.

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My husband and I regularly ride with our local club, the D.C. Randonneurs. In 2011 and 2019 we completed the famed 1200K Paris-Brest-Paris on tandem, and have completed a few other 1000K and 1200K rides together as well. Sometimes we participate in non-rando cycling events, and escape the city from time to time to go bike touring.

I also run-commute and have completed over 26 marathons.

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Coffeeneuring and the Errandonnee

Chasing Mailboxes is home to the occasional utility cycling challenge, including Coffeeneuring, the Utilitaire (which was too complicated and thus retired), and the Errandonnee.

These challenges come to life through social media, and participants’ excellent guest posts.

Profiles

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Get In Touch

Thanks for reading! Have a comment, but don’t want to post it? Get in touch with me via the “Contact” tab. You’ll also find some of my randonneuring thoughts and experiences over at The Daily Randonneur.

Copyright: All photographs and written content appearing on this site are © 2010 – 2020 Chasing Mailboxes, unless otherwise noted. They are not to be downloaded or reproduced in any way without permission.

~MG

13 responses to “About”

  1. Bill Avatar
    Bill

    I notice you’re quite a collector of bikes. Any views about the best bike for cross-country touring?

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    1. MG Avatar

      Having not toured cross-country, I can’t make a recommendation. My husband do most of our touring on tandem. I have friends who could give you ideas; one I recommend is Nicholas of Gypsy by Trade: http://gypsybytrade.wordpress.com/.

      If I were to set out on a solo tour tomorrow, I would take my Surly Long Haul Trucker. It is moderately priced, rides great fully loaded, and fits me well.

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  2. Bill Coyle Avatar

    Thanks for the feedback. Is the Surly Long Haul
    Trucker available at local bike shops, or only via mail order? Thanks for the link to Nicholas…very interesting blog, photos and narrative.

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    1. MG Avatar

      I test rode and purchased mine from a local shop here in D.C. a few years back– City Bikes in Adams Morgan. I believe that BicycleSPACE also carries them.

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  3. Angie K Avatar

    Well done, so inspirational! I will follow you now, I hope you’ll follow me back. 🙂

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  4. […] brains behind Washington D.C.-based biking blog Chasing Mailboxes invented Coffeeneuring as a re-imagination of Randonneuring.  Instead of riding a single […]

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  5. brickthomas Avatar

    Thanks for following my blog. Your site is awesome!

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    1. MG Avatar

      Thanks, I’m enjoying reading your blog as well!

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  6. Real Neat Blog Award | PedalWORKS Avatar

    […] Chasing Mailboxes – home of Coffeeneuring and the Errandonnee. MG is a long distance cyclist and runner living in Washington DC and, like me, she has a lot of bikes 🙂 […]

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  7. PedalWORKS Avatar

    MG, I have nominated you for the Real Neat Blog Award. See my most recent blog post for details (https://pedalworks.wordpress.com/2015/04/11/real-neat-blog-award/).

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  8. Coffeeneuring: The Afterglow | WeLove2Bike! Avatar

    […] most exciting piece of mail arrived: my official Coffeeneuring patch! It arrived straight from the Chief Coffeeneur herself, all official-like and very classy. I do not yet have the slightest idea where to place it […]

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  9. […] by Chasing Mailboxes in D.C., the rules of the Errandonee are […]

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  10. Errandonnee 2017: Honing the Art of Two-Wheeled Multitasking | WeLove2Bike! Avatar

    […] categories by bicycle, logging a cumulative total of at least 30 miles. It’s brought to us by Mary of Chasing Mailboxes, the same shero who keeps us pedaling in the Fall with Coffeeneuring. For those of us unlikely to […]

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