Leah

Female

Chicago, IL

United States

Profile Information:

What I ride:: Road, Fixed Gear
The kind of riding I do:: Recreational, Exercise, Commuting, Distance, Around Town
About me:: Enthusiastic rider and helmet evangelist.

I'm the founder of The Chainlink, so if you have any questions about it, just send me a personal message!

I'm also the Chief Marketing Officer of Start Somewhere - Marketing and Websites on a mission: http://www.start-somewhere.com.
My other websites (twitter, facebook, pinterest, Google+, blogs, etc.):: http://www.start-somewhere.com

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Stewski

Glad you liked Ba Le, I swear I could live off of that and falafel from Taste of Lebanon.

Jan 17, 2009
Annette

Nice meeting you today at the bike swap! Great site!

Jan 17, 2009
Wheeltags

Good to meet you today! Thanks for the link to the site. I'm checking it out.
~matt

Jan 17, 2009
Jim "Niterider"

Hello Leah, How was the swap meet? Hope you had a good turn out. Overly busy today and did not get a chance to make it. Took a look at Wheeltags. Pretty neat! See ya and hope you have a good weekend. Jim

Jan 17, 2009
Bob Aganouj

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7703644@N04/3205838201/

Jan 18, 2009
The Locomotive

It was great meeting you at the swap meet, great site !!!

Jan 19, 2009
jim gott

Leah nice fixie

Jan 19, 2009
Lee Diamond

stay tuned for first pr. hope it helps.

Jan 20, 2009
GabeW (not the other Gabe)

hey Leah, some of us were discussing rules of the road cards, and I decided to make one. I started a forum - I'm sure you read them all anyway - but I just wanted to direct your attention, and make sure this is all kosher. Thanks. Love this site

Jan 20, 2009
Stuart Joshua Holt

Leah,

Hi. How do I link my club's (Velo Club Roubaix) public blog spot to the Maps & Routes page on theChainlink.or site? That page has some great maps which may be of value to members and I would love to get you and Julie, et. al. up here for some rides together. Once you see some of our routes, I know you'd enjoy the rides...
Let me know. Thanks, Stu

Jan 21, 2009
Stuart Joshua Holt

Sure Leah, here's the Link. I hope you decide to put it up on the site:

http://veloclubroubaix.blogspot.com/

stu

Jan 21, 2009
Dana

hey leah. when you posted that "sites we like" a while ago, i thought you put up a decorating site of some sort, maybe an interior decorating site? do you remember the link?

Jan 23, 2009
Dana

yes! thank you!

Jan 23, 2009
Ron

Leah! Call me.

Feb 3, 2009
Ron

773-633-5179.

Feb 3, 2009
Jim "Niterider"

Congrat's Leah, The Chainlink broke a 1,000. When are we getting T-shirts, Jersey's? Stickers is a start at least. Have to get in the Sun-Times next or the Trib. Spring is almost here. Have to have a get together at Turin in Evanston the next couple of weeks for their hoopla. See Anne, "The Belgium Bad-Ass Biker Babe". Put your heads together and let's see what happens.

Feb 4, 2009
corrie octopus

thanks, leah! have a nice ride!

Feb 7, 2009
Ross Felten

Hey Leah,
great site! Look forward to meeting up with you on a tour soon.

Feb 11, 2009
Velogoddess

ah yes....i usually publish class playlists on the blog - especially now since we're not racing yet and there's not much to say.

excellent site - i'll include a link in my blog too.

my mantra: does this bike make my butt look big?

Feb 13, 2009
Ammo

Glad you liked it! The photographer was a great supporter of the event!

Feb 15, 2009
Danielle

Thanks! I'm sad I missed it. I'm sure it was TONS of fun. You'll have to throw a chainlink 2000th member party now!

Feb 20, 2009
trakjoe

Great fun last Thursday!!!

Feb 22, 2009
Reddog (Cliff)

I had a lot of fun last thursday. It was nice meeting you and talking to you. hope to see you again.

Feb 24, 2009
Kyle

hey. rad social network. ha. Is there anyway you can have the latest post come up first in the forums? Its a little confusing.

-Kyle

Feb 27, 2009
trakjoe

Spidermonkey gathering at Riverview Tavern on Wednesday, approx. 7:30 PM. You should come, even with the pompadour on hiatus ;)

Mar 1, 2009
richard markowitz

See you at class tomorrow.

Mar 25, 2009
Christian Arturo

this is really cool thanks for informing me about this.

Mar 25, 2009
richard markowitz

Hey we missed you in class today. What happened?

Mar 31, 2009
richard markowitz

Well I won't see you till next Thursday. I will be in Las Vegas and San Fran till Wednesday. Back in time for Passover.

Mar 31, 2009
Piper ZYM

Hey! Did you get the avatar to work?

Mar 31, 2009
Chris Joyce

THANKS. Glad to be here! This is a pretty neat thing you've come up with sweetness! xoxo.

Apr 23, 2009
Elliot Bigelow

nice meeting you guys out the other day. fun ride. let me know if you guys do that again.

May 4, 2009
Ron

I Likes that Seven...

Jul 22, 2009
Alan Ortiz

Hi Leah. Am sending this to Julie too. Using the graphic on page 2 to show membership growth. The rest of the file is just an idea I'm tossing out there for PR purposes.CHAINLINK.ppt

Jul 28, 2009
Lisa C

hi - heard you were looking for me on sunday. Sorry did not get back to you about Nashville. School just started back up so really busy. I will be moving to Nashville in about a year so we got some time to work it out. Next time I go down for visit I will try to get some info from you. Thanks

Sep 1, 2009
Alan Matejka

Hey Leah. Hello. I forgot my password. (duh) How do I fix my password problem on the chainlink?

Sep 21, 2009
Alan Matejka

I figured it out. (duh) HA HA.

Sep 21, 2009
Juan 2-3 or more mi.

Thank you very very much for creating the chain link.

Oct 25, 2009
dan brown

got the wheel...thanks !

see you at Archies....

Dan

Nov 18, 2009
Clyde Alpert

Leah,

As a rep of Windy City Cycling Club and a bit of geek (I'm a computer consultant by trade), I'm impressed with Chainlink. You've done a great job with ning and I look forward to connecting with like-minded folks here.

Thanks for your undoubtedly-endless-and-tireless hours of work!

Clyde

Dec 15, 2009
pjc jr

Hi Leah, PJ here and wanted to notify you that I listed tomorrow nights Marauder ride due to Martin not able to get online. Could you allow the posting to go up as quickly as possible since it is only the day before! Thanks so much and would love to see you out on an MM ride sometime.

Jan 15, 2010
Matthew Wong

Hi Leah,
I'm a student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern doing a final project analyzing "the chainlink." The assignment asks us to write "a report about a community of individuals who use an online forum for interaction and discussion." Would it be possible to get in contact with you via email or phone to talk with you about the site? My email is matthewwong2013@u.northwestern.edu. Look forward to hearing from you! Matt

Feb 1, 2010
Michelle Polk

I know, aren't you proud!

Feb 15, 2010
KatieP

It was great to meet 'the godmother' of chainlink yesterday! I'll let you know once I get my new bike as I'd love to commute together.

Feb 22, 2010
Vilda

Instead of replying you would take down the thread? Even more fun.

Mar 1, 2010
dan brown

i like the re-posting of the rules Leah.
we all need to be reminded of the (not so) obvious from time to time
DB

Mar 4, 2010
Michael A

training ride leaving at 8am from granville and kenmore, 65 miles, slower paced, 16-18 mph. You asked me to let you know about these rides, I hope you dust off the road bike and come join us

Mar 13, 2010
Michael A

short group ride based out of and leaving from Get a Grip bikes on irving park at Kostner..30 miles, no drop ..... I am going to keep bugging you until I see you ride that seven

Michael

Mar 23, 2010
Michael A

75 degrees expected for the get a grip ride

looking forward to seeing you there

Mar 29, 2010
Michael A

It was a nice time, here is the garmin report for it http://connect.garmin.com/activity/28544062

There were about 15 people

Apr 1, 2010