Patty Wiens, the Bicycle Mayor of Winnipeg, Canada (originally from Brazil), got sick and tired of women getting sidelined and silenced in city planning. So, in addition to her local advocacy work as part of […]
Author: Pattie Baker
Writer, street photographer, urban farmer and global WWOOFer. League Cycling Instructor (#5382) and first Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor as part of global consortium with Amsterdam-based social enterprise BYCS. Peace Corps Uganda invitee (June 2020, derailed due to COVID-19). Former CDC Foundation Communications Specialist with State of Alaska Dept. of Health on Healthy You in 2022 project. Mensa member. See books on Amazon in all global markets (USA link: https://www.amazon.com/Pattie-Baker/e/B005JBN7ZK) and on indie book sites.
Simply existing
I have learned that simply existing in public space as a woman on a bike is the greatest act of bike advocacy and demonstration of bodily autonomy I can do, during this National Bike Month […]
Been Working my Tailfeathers Off! (Round Ireland with a Duck Update)
A wild, windswept journey in search of roots — and wings Been working my tailfeathers off over here! The sequel to Round America with a Duck is currently in final editing. It is heading to Design this […]
The Women Who Made Me a Mom
As the song goes, time makes you bolder, even children get older, and I’m getting older, too. The babies I held now hold me (photo from when I dipped my tire in the Pacific Ocean […]
Buckhead Tastemaker!
My 2025 Bingo card didn’t include seeing my muddy, sweaty self named a tastemaker of fancy shmancy Buckhead in Atlanta, but here ya’ go (see page 52)! And just in time for National Bike Month! […]
Leap of Faith
The City of Dunwoody, Georgia, USA has confirmed that there will be no pop-up/temporary or permanent protected bike lane anywhere in the city during National Bike Month 2025 (May) or for any confirmed date thereafter*, […]
Time Change
After 19 hours on Amtrak with my folding bike (the still-unnamed replacement to America), I traversed the island of Manhattan from Battery Park to (and across) the George Washington Bridge. We used to cross that […]
America Is Beyond Repair
America (the name of the bike I took Round America with a Duck) is beyond repair. Brakes, cassette, stem. A mess. The cost to repair would be greater than the value of the bike (sentimental value […]
