Recently, I decided to start incorporating biking into my treatment with the youth I work with at our crisis shelter. With permission and safety measures put in place, I bought some old bikes. I am not the best mechanic, but I was able to do the basics of getting them rolling. I try to ride …
How did you get into biking? I’ve been riding since I can remember! At a very young age my dad taught me how to ride and work on bikes. It was always just kind of a fun thing to do. I didn’t take biking seriously until my late teens. I remember vividly one day taking …
Do you remember the first time you rode a two-wheeled bicycle? It’s easy to say, “That was so long ago, I don’t remember that!” But seriously, try it. This might take some extra effort and mental work, but you can do it! Go back to some of your first memories with a bike: Who was …
We have 4 young daughters and my younger 2 have disabilities. My 3 year old has been on a feeding tube since she was 5 weeks old, has Sensory Processing Disorder, and was recently diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. My 2 year old has a rare form of Dwarfism and Spina Bifida. Both girls have difficulties …
How did you get into biking? The love of biking is woven in my family culture. My dad is an avid cyclist and has been my entire life. I remember sitting perched in the child seat on the back of his bike. He would often ride with his brothers, and they did the 5 Boros of …
Have you ever been riding along in a bike lane and you see the dreaded “Bike Lane Ends” sign? What do you do? How do you respond? Wouldn’t it be nice if we lived in a world where there were endless protected bike lanes? Well, we don’t. So we have to navigate riding with and …
Should The Wicked Witch Of the West Have Ridden Her Bike More? To this day every time I ride my bike I can hear my dad singing the tune from the Wizard of Oz as the wicked witch of the west rides her bike down the road with toto in the basket. Doot-doot-doot-doot doo doooo….. …
To me, a bike (or trike) is freedom. You see, I have Cerebral Palsy, so I’m limited in two respects. First, I don’t drive, so mobility on my own is something that is virtually non-existent. Second, I need to choose exercise activities that enable me to move my body in ways that don’t stress it, …
Since I was a little boy, I’ve always loved the freedom and flow of riding a bike. But biking took on a new role in my life a few years ago. My five-year-old son, Sam, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in February 2020. Just a couple weeks later, as my family and I were reeling …
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” I recently took my bike into my local shop to get a tune up. They did a good inspection, gave me some recommendations, and got me hooked up. I am comfortable doing small maintenance on my bike, but when it comes to larger tasks, I …