Seniors. On trikes. It’s the future, I’m telling you. After a year co-teaching a class called Silver Spokes for the City of Decatur, GA (a certified Bronze-level Bike Friendly Community), I am templating my recommendations […]
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Big ideas: trike share and chair share
Big idea #1: Adult trikes added to bikeshares all over the USA. Seniors, in particular, who used to ride bikes but may now be uncomfortable on a two-wheeler, love adult trikes and should be able to […]
Octogenarians bowling
I got the opportunity to go to the bowling alley where my friend and I used to ride our bikes frequently when we were around twelve (when we weren’t busy eating crinkle fries while ice […]
Bless America
While Traveling at the Speed of Bike in the place where I grew up, I stopped at the local Village Hall (note: no bike rack) and wandered into the room where the Tuesday/Thursday Old Timers […]
Biketober!
In honor of Biketober, I have some special offers and opportunities! (1) Traveling at the Speed of Bike: This quick-read book is yours for the unheard of price of just 99 cents for the first week […]
Connecting Dot
Dot, one of our Silver Spokes seniors-on-trikes students, had her fourth class yesterday and has now mastered most of the League of American Bicyclist’s Smart Cycling skills on two comfortable routes around the City of […]
Beautiful moments
Beautiful moments like these happen when you empower seniors to get back on bikes (in this case, trikes). Here is our latest Silver Spokes* student during her third weekly lesson, connecting with a young mom […]
Seniors-on-trikes
Seniors-on-trikes is starting up again this week, now that the summer heat has started to break here in Atlanta, GA. This is a fun class, and you learn a lot. (I tell a few stories […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 