In just three months, more than 200 people have downloaded or participated via daily text in the class I created to provide basic bike skills education remotely during this global pandemic and the biggest bike […]
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“A Little Birdie Told Me”
I just ordered this Birdie alarm device because a dangerous-by-design feature has recently been added along the multiuse path in the parks in my city that creates specific new vulnerabilities especially for women and girls […]
“Women on the Walls” Street Mural Tour
As promised, here is another of my Ride Spot self-guided tours. This one is the “Women on the Walls” Street Mural Tour. ___ Studies show teen girls and women are underrepresented in our public spaces […]
Meet 10 Women Whose Bike Books I Love
Okay, so we’re at Day 17 here in the “You, Go, Girl!” series, where I promised you stories about 31 women throughout August who are making it more welcoming to ride bikes across the USA. […]
Meet Jackie Marchand
(photo courtesy of Jackie Marchand) Meet Jackie Marchand. She is the owner/operator of WomanTours, a women-only bike tour company that offers fully-supported multi-day trips both in the USA and internationally, designed for women of all […]
Meet Melissa Balmer
(photo credit: Allan Crawford) Meet Melissa Balmer. She pedals love. Seriously. Pedal Love, founded by Melissa and operated in collaboration with Jim Brown (the former Executive Director of the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates), provides storytelling and […]
Recommend a woman to be featured in “YOU GO, GIRL” in August 2020
Do you know a woman who is helping make it more welcoming to ride bikes in the USA during what is now the biggest bike boom since the 1970s? Who comes to mind as someone […]
“More young girls pregnant due to water shortage”
So I saw a headline on Twitter yesterday that went something like this: “More Young Girls Pregnant Due to Water Shortage.” Just let those incongruous words sink in a minute, and then read what I […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 