Just renewed my League Cycling Instructor certification for Year 6. Every year has been different. Was hired by the City of Decatur to teach seniors-on-trikes and kids-in-need for a year; Volunteered with every organization you […]
10-Month Update as Your 1st Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor
photo credit: Stephen Spring, Education Director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition So, it’s almost a wrap on Year 1 (in a 2-year term) as the first Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor, representing 70 cities and 10 […]
Plant Seeds. Ride a Bike. Center Joy.
Plant seeds. Ride a bike. Center joy (in all its conundrum). Trust the journey. I just keep coming back to that, and frankly, it’s all I have to offer. I hope it’s helpful. Food for […]
Bikey Things at Lidl’s!
There are affordable-for-many bikey things for sale right now at Lidl’s! If a too-hard seat on your upright bike has been your barrier to riding (or your seat is old and ugly), you’re in luck […]
1st-Ever Economic Impact Report — and It’s a Significant Under-Estimate!
The first-ever report re: the economic impact of the bicycling industry in the State of Georgia came out a few days ago from Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of […]
Afghan Women Cyclists
Like many in the bike community, I woke up yesterday to Bicycling Magazine’s online article about the Afghan women cyclists (including Afghanistan’s National Women’s Cycling Team, the second-wave of mountain bike cyclists, and the activist […]
My failure of Faith, and My only way forward
Update: Immediately after I posted this, I saw the Bicycling Magazine article about the Afghan women cyclists and will be doing a separate post with a link to that and how to help them later. […]
Meet Charise Stephens, Founder of the “U Create Macon” youth bike program
photo courtesy of Charise Stephens Meet Charise Stephens. If you call her on the phone, be aware you need to give her a moment to go outside. That’s because she laughs freely and enthusiastically and […]
