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Wheelie Good Podcast!
by Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw
A podcast about all the bike-related activities and enthusiasm in Washtenaw County, Michigan. bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com
Episodes
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Episode 19: Bikepacking is the perfect adventure — with Tracy Berman
Tracy Berman is the kind of person who decides to compete in a triathlon without knowing how to swim. She likes biking on sand and through snow. After just a handful of bikecamping overnights, she figured, “why not spend seven days biking home from Traverse City?” Tracy first bikepacked in 2018...
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Episode 18: The therapeutic power of catching air — with Garret Potter
Garret Potter lived in 20 homes—in nine states and in Tokyo—before he graduated from high school, and one of the few constants in almost all of those places was building bike jumps. The mental therapy of cycling takes many forms, and in Garret’s case it involves hours of sweaty labor—shoveling…
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Episode 17: The origin story behind Common Cycle — with Molly Kleinman
Molly Kleinman arrived in Ann Arbor in 2005 and never expected to stay past graduate school. But after she bolted up a few ladders of engagement, she landed on the Transportation Commission and was elected president of the Ann Arbor District Library Board of Trustees. Another factor that pulled…
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Episode 16: Coffee and bikes and go-go-go — with John Roos
Bike riders and coffee drinkers are each an energetic bunch, and at the center of that sizable overlap is John Roos, founder and chief trike-pedaler at RoosRoast. John has been a devoted bike guy since he was a young kid growing up on East Jefferson St., and much of his penchant for coloring...
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Episode 15: How to design the perfect Michigan bike — with Patria Vandermark
Patria Vandermark is a study in contrasts. She doesn’t much care for cold weather, but she loves camping in the snow. Her latest passion is for ultra-endurance fat biking, but her Instagram handle is skinnytires. And although she grew up mostly indifferent to cycling, she quit her engineering...
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Episode 14: A2ZERO 2030 reaches the halfway point — with Missy Stults
If you ask Missy Stults for some encouraging statistics toward Ann Arbor’s carbon neutrality goals, she’s ready to reel off a few dozen off the top of her head. As the director of the Office of Sustainability and Innovation (and an avid bike commuter), Missy is gearing up for the fifth annual...
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Episode 13: Advocate for yourself after a crash — with Christopher Becker
Christopher Becker is not a doctor. He’s not a lawyer, an urban planner, or even a state legislator. But he is an avid cyclist who damaged his knee badly in a crash with a delivery truck, and during these years of recovery he has learned a ton about how to fight within the legal system and get…
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Episode 12: Madame President likes ridin' dirty — with Kari Alsager
Kari Alsager has been racing the clock since she asked her mom to time her heats through the obstacle course at her fifth birthday party. She’s a career athlete who has played all the sports and raced all the races, and she started bike commuting along the B2B Trail when she and her doctorate in...
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Episode 11: Organizing a bike bus is a win-win-win — with Andy Burkhardt
May 7 is Bike & Roll to School Day, when children all over the country ride to school in a bike bus shepherded by volunteer neighbors and parents. Andy Burkhardt started one at his daughter’s elementary school last year (you can, too), and despite no prior knowledge and minimal expectations, 60...
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Episode 10: Keep your eyes on Vision Zero — with Peter Houk
As the son of two Lansing attorneys, Peter Houk learned early on that looking out for the public good is lodged in his DNA. From his work with Walk Bike Washtenaw to being appointed to Ann Arbor’s transportation commission to opening cases on A2Fixit, Peter advocates for policies that make life...
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Episode 9: Grief, luck, and the open road — with Suzette Wanninkhof
The Dutch half of Suzette Wanninkhof, inherited from her father, doesn’t remember a time when bikes weren’t a big deal in her family. It’s easier to embrace your wheels early in life when you grow up in the flat tropics of southern Florida, but she’s managed to (mostly) adapt enough to live...
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Episode 8: Behind the lens of "The Loop of Pain" — with Jennifer Proctor
Filmmaker and professor Jennifer Proctor is the director of “The Loop of Pain,” which will be featured at the Bicycle Film Festival on Saturday, March 1, at 7pm at the Michigan Theater. Born in the birthplace of mountain biking, Jennifer believes cycling and film nerdery grabbed hold of her…
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Episode 7: The Bicycle Film Festival turns 25 — with Brendt Barbur
It’s a funny thing about crashes. If you’re in a car that collides with another, you’re showered with gifts and sympathy. But if you’re on your bike, you get blamed for being in the road in the first place. Such was Brendt Barbur’s revelation during his six-month rehabilitation after his bike...
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Episode 6: Your bike is a freedom machine — with Jeff Carek
As both an avid mountain biker and a 26-year veteran of the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s office, Jeff Carek has spent much of his career easing frictions between cyclists and law enforcement. And after three years as the Education Director of the League of Michigan Bicyclists, he has been elevated…
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Episode 5: Just be cool and don't block the lane — with Dharma Akmon
The Ann Arbor City Council is on a bike-friendly roll lately, having decided to build a protected bike path along Miller Avenue and keep existing paths clear of trash bins. These improvements are thanks in part to the efforts of freshman councilor Dharma Akmon, who has been a big advocate of...
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Episode 4: Hannah Stanton-Gockel's bubbles are coming for you.
The woman formerly (and still somewhat currently) known as Hula Hooping Hannah is Hannah Stanton-Gockel, a candidate for a Master’s degree in UX Design & Research at the University of Michigan School of Information. And as an urbanism influencer and carless bike commuter, she has started social...
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Episode 3: J. Maxine Bratus on the art and science of bike fitting
It’s easy to understand why cyclists of every skill level—from weekend jaunters to professional triathletes—wait at least three months to be bike-fit by Maxine Bratus. She still loves the process after 19 years because cycling makes her feel like a badass, and that badassery grows when you’re at...
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Episode 2: Decorate your bike for Green Fair!
Each year, Ann Arbor’s Office of Sustainability and Innovations hosts its downtown Green Fair, and this Friday, over 100 presenters will take over Main Street to showcase their efforts toward community-wide carbon neutrality by 2030. The Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw will be one of those...
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Episode 1: That spark of Bike Joy — with Nate Phipps
One of the reasons Nate Phipps co-founded the Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw in 2017 was for the simple reason that he friggin’ loves bikes. They’re elegant, efficient, and they benefit just about every facet of human life. And he knew that if enough of the other 360,000 county residents loved…
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A podcast about all the bike-related activities and enthusiasm in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
bicycleallianceofwashtenaw.substack.com
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