I’m offering a free “Pedal Power with Pattie” Basic Bike Skills Class* to one woman in every US state. First come, first served, so contact me to claim your state’s spot. The classes can take […]
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Please just stop
I received an unwanted sexual advance in a public space while riding my bike this past week. The details don’t matter. What matters to me is that every time this happens (which, for me, is […]
If I hadn’t paused to take this photo . . .
So yesterday in the sudden quiet after the international bike tour guests left and we had closed up shop, I took this photo of Attica in the old cotton-holding facility where Bicycle Tours of Atlanta […]
Little girls
Every time I pass a little girl on a bike, she stares at me. Not just looks. Stares. Every single time. It is not uncommon for a girl I pass to literally just stop completely […]
50 women, 50 states
So this is coming along. If you are a woman anywhere in the United States who would like to take my proprietary “Pedal Power with Pattie” Basic Bike Skills Class (a 1.5-2 hour class adapted from […]
The kind of place
It was the kind of place where every entry to the endless public beach hosted a colorful bike locked or just left leaning against a post or sea grape tree, often with a kicked-off pair […]
Courage and street smarts (and a bridge)
This is Andrea, one of my Pedal Power with Pattie students (see other student testimonials here). Here is a previous post I wrote about Andrea, right after our class five months ago. I just wrote to […]
Big thanks
Big thanks to those who have purchased and read my book, Traveling at the Speed of Bike, and then taken the time to post these lovely reviews. Here is the latest.
