Is riding your bike in an outfit from Tangerine Boutique, Carousel Vintage, or Nordstrom’s some kind of sellout? Some women bike advocates seem to think so. I feel the need to rant a bit after following links I found in…Continue Reading
Category: Policy, Politics, & Advocacy
Thoughts on public policy in biking and active transportation, elected officials and candidates and their stands on bike issues, and opportunities to advocate for a bike-friendlier world
A magical moment occurred at the July 24 Spokane Summer Parkways event. A woman stopped by our booth, whisked her way through the rack of Nuu-Muus and Ruu-Muus, and announced, “I own two already; I’m getting another one because I’ve…Continue Reading
Yesterday I had lunch with a friend in downtown Spokane. When she asked where we should go for lunch, I suggested two places–both specifically because they have a bike rack in front or within the same block. Now, I have…Continue Reading
In September 2010 I participated in the first-ever Ignite Spokane (“Enlighten us–but make it quick”), which had the theme “Ideas that Will Save the World.” For those not familiar with the format, you have 5 minutes and can show 20…Continue Reading
A “buy local/buy good stuff/buy from real people” unmanifesto This site represents the basis for a community of women who bike with style and who support each other. I’m filling the toolkit over time with a few things I hope…Continue Reading
Some of the ways riding a bike makes me feel independent and free: Competence and self-sufficiency: I can fix most basic mechanical problems that would stop me from going down the road. Not all, but I can patch or replace the…Continue Reading
The longer I live and the more I learn about how the world works, the more important it becomes to me to pay attention to the impacts my personal decisions have and how those represent my values. Once upon a…Continue Reading
A common question I get is what I do with my bike at a destination that doesn’t have bike racks. Since this may come up a lot when we go on our Bikespeditions I thought I’d share my work-arounds. #1—Vote…Continue Reading
In my quest for women’s bike blogs I’ve already identified a bunch (approaching 500) and the list keeps growing. So why another one? Spokane has a growing community of people who ride bikes. Women are sometimes the invisible minority in…Continue Reading