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Category: Ride Stories

Local Woman Goes for Bike Ride, Has a Good Time

September 18, 2016 ridebikes Ride Stories, Riding in Nashville One comment

Nashville, TN — On a warm Sunday evening in September, KJ Garner of Nashville, TN, went on a bike ride. “I really just wanted to get out of the house and see my world from two wheels,” she said. “It wasn’t any kind of statement.”

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Sunday Night Ride Report

September 15, 2016 ridebikes Ride Stories Leave a comment

I rode around the neighborhood on Sunday, and these are the things I smelled: Laundry Deer poop Impending autumn Laundry Charcoal Grilling meat Wood smoke Laundry Car exhaust Laundry Some form of animal carcass (probably squirrel if I had to guess) Seems that Sunday night

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“Be gentle with yourself”

September 7, 2016 ridebikes About Bike Fun, Commuting, Ride Stories, Riding in Nashville One comment

I was featured in the Williamson County section of the Tennessean last week, as part of an article a reporter covering the Williamson County beat did in response to the Brentwood BPAC (bicycle & pedestrian advocacy committee) report about bike and pedestrian friendliness in the

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KJ on her 40th birthday, spending the whole day on a bike.

Dangerous – but for whom?

September 1, 2016 ridebikes Commuting, Ride Stories, Riding in Nashville Leave a comment

Part of Bike Fun, for me, is making sure that people know that riding a bike is  good for them, good for the environment, and good for their city. I ride everywhere that I can. On the street, on the greenway, in bike lanes and

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The Answer to the Question

August 24, 2016 ridebikes Ride Stories One comment

A few years ago, I was staying with friends in Durham, NC. I had brought my bike with me with the intent of riding on the American Tobacco Trail right near their house. I woke up on a Saturday morning, a little tired from the

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