Ten years ago, Andrea Ward was a kitted-up cyclist zipping around a Metro Atlanta suburb named Peachtree Corners. Life dealt her some serious blows since then, but also blew a new life into hers when […]
Author: Pattie Baker
Writer, street photographer, urban farmer, and League Cycling Instructor (#5382), learning as I grow and traveling at the speed of bike. Peace Corps Uganda invitee (June 2020, delayed due to COVID-19). Mensa member. Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor. See books on Amazon in all global markets (USA link: https://www.amazon.com/Pattie-Baker/e/B005JBN7ZK).
Still Leaping! Stories Brewing
I’m still taking a leap of faith about my new book and working on final edits and the rest of the pitch package before submitting it. This is one of the locations that served as […]
No Reason to Be an April Fool
I had a stunning (as usual) twelve-mile ride in Atlanta yesterday to clear my head. I’m immersing myself in doing my advisors’ edits of my new book, Slow Duck Crossing, and it takes a lot. […]
Time’s Tickin’
A dream is a goal with a deadline. My photos came back. My advisor edits are in. And now time’s tickin’. “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” I don’t plan to fail […]
Meet Meghna, and Face the Cold Hard Truth about Bike Education in the USA Right Now
So I get an email from a woman I don’t know a few weeks ago. Her name is Meghna; she is a young mom with two daughters; and she never learned how to ride a […]
A Fan of See Click Fix
There are hundreds of ways our cities are gendered, ageist, and ableist. They include: Marginalization (such as the inability for anyone of an average adult female height to reach a pull cord for ceiling fans […]
Meet Mike Flueckiger, Primary Mechanic at Global Spokes
photos courtesy of Mike Flueckiger Are we surprised that this little boy, sporting his bike injuries 60 or so years ago in a little town in Indiana, grew up to become an emergency room physician […]
March Snow, Atlanta-Style
It looks like this right now when you’re Traveling at the Speed of Bike in Metro Atlanta. Those who said it was too cold to ride will soon be saying it’s too hot (and it […]
