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 people, with toe clips and straps, and a pair of regular shorts over my cycling … [Read more…]
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 West Nashville to Belle Meade to Donelson, my main modes of transportation were my car, and … [Read more…]
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. I recently moved the Donelson area, making for what is now my longest commute: 12.5 … [Read more…]
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 Wheels and the Truth,” with the subhead “What if, instead of cyclists, drivers saw people … [Read more…]
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 much easier. It’s never been entirely easy. I remember the first time I tried to … [Read more…]