I loved this dress (organic! fair trade!) and it worked great on a bike for awhile (it’s stretchy, sleeveless, and the back of it is a little longer, plus there’s a hood if it rains […]
55 miles per hour
I’ve been thinking about Johns Creek, Georgia lately as I just turned fifty five years old. Fifty five miles per hour (about eighty eight kilometers) is the speed limit on the main road that connects […]
New bridges
I am helping my octogenarian mom a lot lately. We are crossing some new bridges in life. I am grateful there is a greenway not far from her home, and a bikeshare station (which is […]
Sign up for a free class
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 […]
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 […]
