<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2442451d-0b9a-4982-8185-9c2ea224afb9/221D9D12-C207-40F6-8332-49F6C7BB0FF8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/bike_style/" href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/bike_style/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boston.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/bike_style/"><B>Nina Garfinkle</B>, 46, South End <B>Profession:</B> Graphic designer <B>Style:</B> Chic and polished: long shorts, tank top, black-framed glasses, Prada mini-backpack. <B>Bike model:</B> Strida folding bike that fits in her closet, a cab, or the ferry. "It has -- I have to tell you -- changed my life,” she says.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/bike_style/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/36ECE00B-5449-48E1-A819-0CE49682FD3A" alt="Nina Garfinkle , 46, South End Profession: Graphic designer Style: Chic and polished: long shorts, tank top, black-framed glasses, Prada mini-backpack. Bike model: Strida folding bike that fits in her closet, a cab, or the ferry. 'It has -- I have to tell you -- changed my life,” she says. How long have you been riding around Boston? About three years. Any places in the city you avoid while on a bike? Streets with bad paving, fast drivers, and lots of traffic -- like the Boston side of Mass. Ave" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/bike_style/"><B>How long have you been riding around Boston?</B> About three years. <B>Any places in the city you avoid while on a bike?</B> Streets with bad paving, fast drivers, and lots of traffic -- like the Boston side of Mass. Ave. <B>Secrets to biking in a dress?</B> Due to her bike’s unconventional frame, Garfinkle can’t: a skirt “would be totally hiked up,” she says. <B>How to keep clean?</B> The Strida has neon-green fenders and a rubber flywheel instead of a chain: which means no grease. Her Chinese rain poncho is cut to cover handlebars but stay out of the wheels. <B>Must-have accessories:</B> Garfinkle wraps her helmet in a makeshift cover that bristles with soft spikes.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/221D9D12-C207-40F6-8332-49F6C7BB0FF8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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