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 bridge to visit my grandparents, and I wanted to “feel” it again for the epilogue to my new book (the…
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12 Days of Bikemas — #4: Back to Dublin (for a very important reason)
Most people driving motor vehicles who hit people riding bikes hit them from the back. My friend, Paul, just wrote a very hard-hitting and moving email to my local Mayor and City Council about his broken back following a person hitting him with a car (from the back) while he was on his bike. The…
12 Days of Bikemas — #2: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
I had a brief Greyhound bus break in Harrisburg, PA during Round America with a Duck, but it was enough time to catch this photo of a bike rack showing rare female representation in our public spaces on bikes*. I think I squealed out loud when I saw it. (Yes, I’m the person who rides my…
