At the tail end of last season, I did what I once thought I would never do: I bought a winter bike. For nearly a decade, I rode a crappy, 20-year-old single-speed mountain bike because, mostly, I feared riding a good bike. Winter in my city rust: salt, slush, muck and grime that eat components […]

Source: Here’s how my ‘perfect’ winter bike held up through its first (brutal) winter | Shifter

When cyclist Keyonda McQuarters moved to Portland, she thought public group rides would help her break into the city’s bike scene. She was wrong.

Source: Keyonda McQuarters Didn’t Feel Welcome in Portland’s Bike Community. She’s Working to Change That. – Willamette Week

Untokening Detroit is an opportunity for leaders of color and those from marginalized communities to come together in a space of support, solidarity, and healing to address mobility justice issues. To guide the vision and planning of this convening, we’re creating an Advisory Committee comp

Source: Call for Collaborators: Untokening Detroit Advisory Committee — The Untokening

We’re having some fun up here on the Olympic Peninsula. A small group of lifelong cyclists are inspired to start a school, Port Townsend Cycle School. Website coming soon. A permanent home is proving hard to find and we may decide to build ours. In the meantime, I’m going to start by teaching wheelbuilding classes …

Source: Wheelbuilding Classes – Wheel Fanatyk

How Exercise Can Keep Aging Muscles and Immune Systems ‘Young’

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/the-not-so-secret-trick-to-cutting-solo-car-commutes-charge-for-parking-by-the-day/