Yesterday’s column for the Oregonian explored a topic that has been on my mind for a while – the fine line between cycling “recreation” or “enthusiasm” and activism/advocacy. Specifically our role as racers in the community and what are responsibility is to work to defend, preserve and expand our safe access to the roads we [...]

I’m glad I shared it with you. We rode heavy bikes with racks and mostly permanent fenders. We wore old jerseys and carried too many cameras. We found our friend, Mike Davis, and followed his wheel. Then he followed ours. We climbed and descended (Davis goes downhill at breathtaking rates). I met Art, who reads [...]

A few weeks ago the Oregonian published the “Women Who Ride” piece that I’d been working on for a few months. It’s a collection of short interviews profiling 9 women-cyclists from age 7 to 83 years old. Putting it together was one of the most energizing and inspiring projects I’ve undertaken in a long time. [...]