My 2009 Prius gets out of the garage an average of just once each week at this point. That’s to take my 89-year-old mom, who lives 45 minutes away from me, on a walk on […]
Tag: biking
When You Stop Beating Around the Bush
So I decided to stop saying that “it’s not safe for women” when talking about things like isolated, wooded, enclosed multiuse paths (such as PATH 400 here in Metro Atlanta and many other paths around […]
Trail of Emails
There is a trail of emails of people who opposed the multiuse path at the top of this post, which connects three parks in Dunwoody and which I use as part of my daily transportation […]
Who Can Walk the Walk?
David Ziskind crossed the intersection to meet me on the corner of Tilly Mill Road and Mt. Vernon in the Metro Atlanta city of Dunwoody, Georgia. It’s the most dangerous intersection I cross every day, […]
Time Change
After 19 hours on Amtrak with my folding bike (the still-unnamed replacement to America), I traversed the island of Manhattan from Battery Park to (and across) the George Washington Bridge. We used to cross that […]
America Is Beyond Repair
America (the name of the bike I took Round America with a Duck) is beyond repair. Brakes, cassette, stem. A mess. The cost to repair would be greater than the value of the bike (sentimental value […]
Call for National Bike Month Plans 2025
UPDATE May 5, 2025: I lost interest in doing this. Onward! Good morning, all! Hope you’re enjoying winter bike rides bundled up! Good news — I saw a dandelion yesterday. That means National Bike Month […]
12 Days of Bikemas — #12: Joy
You constantly hear people say that the roads are dangerous. The roads are not dangerous. On days when there are no motor vehicles, such as during Open Streets events and before marathons and parades, they […]
