Happy new year, everyone! Maybe it’s all the apocalyptic-flavored movie previews and social media talk, but waking up to this new year feels extra significant. I wasn’t exactly holding my breath for the world to end, but today my breathing is a little easier and my shoulders are a little farther from my ears. Still […]
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Brilliant or foolhardy? My campaign to c...
Posted onSome of you kind folks have sent concerned emails over the holidays about the Amazon listing for my book, Everyday Bicycling. Thank you. Here’s the background. A spate of one star reviews of the book started to crop up over the weekend (along with a smattering of some 2 through 5 star ones), and their […]
Down to the wire on the Disaster issue (...
Posted onIllustration for Disaster! by Katura Reynolds – Now is the time to back the Disaster! issue of Taking the Lane. Thank you! – Does it make any sense to hone in on bicycling as a way to forestall, prepare for, manage, and ultimately survive emergent situations large and small, personal and civic? I believe so. […]
A peek at the new Bikenomics book
Posted onEveryday Bicycling may be barely out the gate, but I’ve already been hard at work for some time on the next book. The writing process has not been pretty (albeit it’s been easier the second time around). But the cover is freaking gorgeous. I can’t stop looking at it. I swear it makes the words […]
Everyday Bicycling book trailer
Posted onHere’s what we did today. Now Everyday Bicycling has its own 46 second movie. The sun came out and everything! Everyday Bicycling: How to Ride a Bike for Transportation (Whatever Your Lifestyle) from Cantankerous Titles on Vimeo.
Learning to ride: Joining the Street Rid...
Posted onThis is the third post of three outtakes from Volume 8 of the quarterly Taking the Lane series, Childhood. (Read the first one here and the second one here). This story is by Brigette Brown. Sweat drips down my forehead, tears of exasperation well up in my eyes. I struggle under the hot afternoon sun. […]
Learning to ride: Falling off and gettin...
Posted onThis is the second post of three outtakes from Volume 8 of the quarterly Taking the Lane series, Childhood. (Read the first one here and the third here). This story is by Lisa Hassan Scott. When I was in the depths of postnatal depression I can remember thinking that I had no positive memories of […]
Call for submissions: Disaster!
Posted onUpdate: “Disaster!” is now being funded on Kickstarter. Grab a copy and help make it happen! Taking the Lane #9 is in the works and should be out in January. The theme this time around for our quarterly journal of all things bike-related is “Disaster!” I’m seeking your nonfiction submissions about the role of bicycles […]
Learning to ride: Sparkly Purple Banana ...
Posted onThis is the first post of three dedicated to stories of learning to ride a bike for the first time. These are outtakes from Volume 8 of the quarterly Taking the Lane series, Childhood. (The second story is here and the third is here.) I wanted to print them all but didn’t have room; the […]
Childhood has arrived! And there's a rea...
Posted onThe day a new book drops is always exciting – and today was especially so. So much effort and attention from so many people went into the creation of the eighth issue of Taking the Lane Quarterly that I was more anxious than usual to find out how it would look. It showed up on […]
Bragging rights: What have you carried b...
Posted onI find very few things in life more satisfying than finding new ways to carry stuff by bike. Especially the kind of things that you really *shouldn’t* be able to bike with. The one thing that is possibly more satisfying? Getting to talk about it later. Fortunately, I’m not alone in enjoying these indulgences. Every […]
Time to Get Rolling: Everyday Bicycling ...
Posted onI’m very excited to be able to share that my new book exists: Everyday Bicycling: How to Ride a Bicycle for Transportation (Whatever Your Lifestyle). I’m particularly excited that this book exists because – well, it’s really needed. Something like 70% of people in the US want to ride a bicycle more often. Most of […]
New books and a new look for the new yea...
Posted onWelcome back! Taking the Lane shut down for a couple of days while we rearranged the furniture. It’s been long overdue for a website redesign, and pow – that’s sure happened. The old website started out simple, just being a blog. Then every time I had an idea or a need for something new, it […]
Femibici and Insolente: The Mexican chic...
Posted onThe language barrier being what it was, I still don’t know exactly why I was invited to be a keynote speaker at the 5th National Urban Cycling Congress that took place in Oaxaca, Mexico, at the end of September, though I’m extremely glad I went. It was hard to figure out what I was being […]