One of my fave books is The Grapes of Wrath (which I read for the first time just a couple of years ago), for many reasons. I especially love that John Steinbeck mixes fiction and […]
Continuing education
Just five months in to 2018 and I am excited to announce that I have fulfilled my League Cycling Instructor Continuing Education recertification requirements for 2018. This year, in addition to Pedal Power with Pattie […]
You think I’m exaggerating?
You think I’m exaggerating? This photo was taken this past Sunday on my Best of Atlanta 10-mile loop. See the map I created (with handy tips) for you, as well as the link to my […]
Lane positioning
Imagine the road divided into three. Position yourself a little to the right of center if you intend to make a right turn (but not too far or drivers will squeeze you into the gutter*). […]
Alpharetta
Unbeknownst to me, my 82-year-old mom purchased and generously donated a copy of my book, Traveling at the Speed of Bike to her local library in the booming metro-Atlanta suburb-city of Alpharetta, Georgia. I believe the […]
Meet Christina
When I offered to teach a Bike AT Work Day class for women at noon on Bike TO Work Day, and “Kip the Concierge Extraordinaire from Colony Square” (a Midtown Atlanta live/work/play development two blocks from Piedmont Park) […]
Bike to work day
Gosh, has it been a year already since I road-tested a bike commute for National Bike to Work Day in the corporate-headquarters-heavy part of metro Atlanta where I live? Find out what happened here. This year, […]
A gift to your future self
This is a senior riding a bike in the suburb-city where I live, on a main road that is one of the flattest and most direct to many places but which has either too-narrow unprotected […]
