by sara dykman
So there I was, back in high school, doing what scared me most in high school: standing up in front of the class and giving a speech. Only this time, standing in front of a familiar classroom, talking to one of my favorite teachers and 20 high school students, I wasn’t scared. I [...]
Posts under ‘Why we bike’
Mar 30
Biking Home
Feb 09
The Streets are for People in New Orleans
by Sara Dykman
We have been in New Orleans for two days now, and it occurred to me when I was on the trolley tonight headed home from Rue Bourbon that I had not answered any bike49 questions in two days. We are staying with Aaron and Tommy’s, mom’s, friend’s, brother’s, daughter’s place, and our bikes [...]
Dec 08
A Chance to be Heard
By Aaron Viducich
Our two lanes of traffic feed into Dupont circle, once we enter the controlled chaos of cars, roads shoot off in every direction. We find the street we need and continue south, the buildings get taller, the traffic gets thicker, and the energy becomes more intense. “Look over there” Sara shouts, I turn [...]
Feb 26
“into nature and shit”
by Matt Schiff
What is a blog if not an outlet for the writer to talk about themselves and what’s on their mind? So while I anxiously await a more detailed trip report from my fellow compadres’ pre-bike49 tour, I’ll fill the silence with talk of “nature” and reminisces of my childhood in New Jersey.
What I’ve [...]
Jan 26
Choosing to focus our efforts
By Matt Schiff
I first heard about bike49 during the summer of ‘08, sometime between the start of the Tour de France and working some hellishly hot job near the Salton Sea. From what Tommy told me, Aaron had been putting ideas to paper and enlisting Sara to make good on an old pact from the days [...]
