Meet Lynn. She was my bike skills student yesterday. She is a retired operation room nurse who recently moved back to (hilly) Atlanta from (flat) Charleston and wanted to get more comfortable using gears. She […]
Tag: seniors
Senior life
A six-minute bike ride from my home is an adorable indie coffee shop that hosts a monthly book reading called A Novel Life. I’ve made it a habit to go (even though I don’t particularly […]
Mobility aids for seniors
Here are some mobility aids for seniors that I’ve seen in use while Traveling at the Speed of Bike. My guess is that we are going to see some amazing additions to the movement to […]
Yes. Good. On we go.
This bikey thing is starting to really add up. My first year as a League Cycling Instructor, I was paid to teach seniors-on-trikes and an earn-a-bike class for youth-in-need (plus a few bike rodeos for […]
What access-for-all looks like
This is what safe-access-for-all looks like. This woman told me that she has trouble walking and this folding e-trike is her mobility device. The protected bike lane, which connects to both Piedmont Park and the […]
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 […]
Hub of information
There’s a “hub” accessible only to League Cycling Instructors (LCIs) on the League of American Bicyclist’s website, and an LCI in Denver asked if anyone was making money from teaching. I shared how I was […]
Seniors-on-trikes recommendations!
I taught seniors on trikes this entire past year. You may want to consider offering this empowering, transformative, and fun course to seniors in your city as well. Perhaps my attached document would be helpful […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 