Before I begin, I’ll like to give a shout out to some folks from Lincoln, Nebraska.

People who know me know that I am NOT a bike rider.  Well, I ride the stationary bike at the gym, but I haven’t been on a bike for about a year (one year and ten days, to be precise), since I broke my leg on my bike.  Since then, my stomach sinks every time I walk by my bike in our little apartment.


Regardless of painful memories, I like the idea of riding bikes.  And I encourage bike riding.  But I must admit that the idea of this post came from the announcement here at the UNPress about an interview Kevin J. Hayes, author of An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887, on the blog RocBike.  I loved the imagery and the style of RocBike so much and the style of all the cycling blogs I’ve found after I learned about RocBike, I decided to devote a Thursday to cycling.

The first I found this week was KC Bike Commuting, which is maintained by a gentleman who is devoted to finding alternative transportation in Kansas City.

Bike Hugger describes themselves as a "bike culture blog."  It’s a collective site, meaning there are many different bloggers blogging about the same subject.  I just love the name.

Visit the blog Carbon Fork with its interesting tag line, "Will Bike for Food."

Lastly, I have to wave back east to my hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the folks of The Pedal Pusher Society.  I’m directing you to this particular permalink because the video is funny as all get out and reminds me of home, down to the blue (recyclables) and green (garbage) dumpsters behind the women mounting their bikes!  And under the about The Pedal Pushers, there is this wonderful quote: "We are women and trans folks dedicated to creating a gender-inclusive
biking community. Let’s ride, let’s fix our own bikes, let’s go on."
cycling adventures!
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Also available from the University of Nebraska Press: Need for the Bike by Paul Fournel, translated and with an introduction by Allan Stoekl;