1×10: Monica Garrison, Founder/Director of Black Girls Do Bike

Welcome to 1×10, where we ask 1 inspiring human 10 questions about how they are using cycling as a force for good. Read on to meet Monica Garrison, Founder/Director of Black Girls Do Bike, a movement with the purpose of growing and supporting a community of women of color who share a passion for cycling….

Good News: Major Taylor highlighted in Super Bowl spot

Loved seeing Major Taylor and his achievements highlighted in the Super Bowl spot by Hennessy. Not sure what the connection is to Hennessy, but the video they produced is pretty good; his achievements remarkable. As noted in the Chicago Sun-Times article “Taylor, born in Indianapolis in 1878, overcame racial prejudice throughout his career to become…

1×10: John Watson, Owner/hustler at The Radavist

Welcome to 1×10, where we ask 1 inspiring human 10 questions about how they are using cycling as a force for good. Read on to meet John Watson, owner/hustler of a wonderful place to spend time on the internet, The Radavist. He took some of the photos used in Kyle Kelley’s 1×10, and Kyle suggested…

1×10: Leah Benson, Gladys Bikes

Welcome to 1×10, where we ask 1 inspiring human 10 questions about how they are using cycling as a force for good. Read on to meet Leah Benson, owner of Gladys Bikes and self-proclaimed, Saddle Librarian. Jude Gerace and Diana Rempe both noted Leah as one of the people they admired in cycling. I also…

1×10: Diana Rempe, Street Librarian, Street Books

Welcome to 1×10, where we ask 1 inspiring human 10 questions about how they are using cycling as a force for good. Read on to meet Diana Rempe, Street Librarian for Street Books. Jude Gerace noted Diana as one of the people she admired in cycling. After you read her 1×10 interview, you’ll see why!…

Send me good news!

Beyond the 1×10 interviews, Virtuous Cycle is also a place to celebrate the good news that’s being made everyday by folks who think that bikes can be part of the solution – to transportation challenges, to health problems, to economic inequity, to climate change – or who are working to make biking/cycling more inclusive. If…