Let’s visualize what success looks like for an adult learning to ride a bike. If you can dream it, you can live it, right? Here’s a short video showing what we’re intending to achieve in […]
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).
1. Get Ride-Ready
1. Use a step-thru bike in good condition with inflated tires, working brakes, and a seat you can lower so that your feet are flat on the ground. (See here for tips on where to […]
Learn to Balance and Pedal a Bike: Intro to Free 5-Step Class
Join in the fun by taking this original self-guided class anywhere in the world. I’m Pattie Baker, author of the Traveling at the Speed of Bike book and blog. I’m a League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructor […]
Users Guide to Riding a Bike for Transportation in Dunwoody, GA, USA (and Beyond)
I am getting urgent requests for tips for riding a bike in my Metro Atlanta suburb city. I whipped this up in twenty minutes. I’ll edit more, and add more links and photos, in the […]
One Foot in Front of the Other
And. There’s always an And. There’s always another positive step forward we can take. And so, I ride my bike as zero-emissions transportation every day. And I plant in synthetic-free soils. And I buy second-hand […]
Cold War
I was born during what’s known as the Cold War between Russia and the United States, which started 75 years ago next week and lasted until one month before I got married at age 26, […]
Peace Corps Update
Here’s the final chapter of my Peace Corps journey. If interested, you can read the full 36-minute account: Leaving Suburbia for the Peace Corps ____ 8. A New Frontier So much time has passed since […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 