Here’s what it looks like to “commute”* on busy Ashford Dunwoody Road in the self-proclaimed “family friendly” metro-Atlanta suburb-city of Dunwoody, Georgia. Please note (and expand your definition if you haven’t already done so) that […]
Last day for a buck
Today is the last day to get Bucket List* for a buck. I’d give this thing away for free for a week every year (I run a special each year around my birthday) if Amazon […]
Bike riding dresses
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 […]
