It was 10 years ago this summer that I got my first road bike, a Bianchi Eros I bought at Gran Fondo in Nashville on the urging of my good friend, Daniel. I started like a like a lot of…
Thoughts on 10 Years of Bicycling (Or Am I Still a Cyclist?)
On Getting from Donelson to Green Hills (and Back)
Before I changed jobs in October of 2014, I worked for Nashville Public Television in the Wedgewood/Houston area of Nashville. Even though I lived in a number of neighborhoods during my eight years at NPT, from Brentwood to 12South to…
Views from the New Commute
In the five or so years that I’ve been bike commuting to work — I shoot for at least twice a week — I’ve come into the Wedgewood/Houston area by the Fairgrounds from Brentwood, 12South, West Nashville and Belle Meade.…
Chapter 16: Two Wheels and the Truth
Chapter 16, the online literary magazine and service of Humanties Tennessee, has published a version of an essay first published here on Two Wheels and the Truth as “Person on a Bike.” It is published at Chapter 16 as “Two…
A Person on a Bike
What if instead of cyclists, people saw us as people on bikes? Knowing I’d be holding Sophia in a few short miles made the strenuous, blind-curve, no-shoulder climb going north over Backbone Ridge on Sneed Road southwest of Nashville that…