I got Rhoda after living in New Orleans for a few months, and oh my, that changed everything. Life’s better on a bicycle, and that just kept on being true.
Then I got my Surly Long Haul Trucker, and I like to load up my bags, clip in, and then just ride and ride and ride. We recently moved to Baltimore and left Rhoda in her hometown, and now the Surly and I are learning how to ride up and down hills. And then I got a Brompton to take on the train and in car trunks to New York and Philadelphia and the Eastern Shore and everywhere else so that I can always ride my bicycle. Yep, life is better on a bicycle. Here’s what I saw riding my bike around today.
What I Saw Riding My Bike Around Today 
Greetings Kate: My biking partner and I are headed to New Orleans late Wednesday for the duration of Mardi Gras and we are bringing our bikes. I attended Newcomb (Tulane) many years ago and my friend lived in and around New Orleans when he was a little boy so we adore the city. Any suggestions where to ride. I was a little hesitant about getting in the parades with the bikes and was thinking more around Tulane,, Audobon Park, City Park etc. Hope to hear from you.
Paula
thanks for the tour of new orleans… a quick click to a vacation…
hi, i’m kind of a fan about bike, now i try to tie wood or material of stick to make light DIY bike,
i live @Taiwan, but the blue sky we ? share
when we ride is the same,
people save electricity and exercise and… , use less gas, right?
best wishes!
Hello,
I think my computer froze for just a second when I wrote you a few days ago, so I don’t think you got it. If you did, please disregard.
I have been a reader of your blog for quite some time and it is really inspiring. I am an avid biker, like yourself, and always wanted to take photos on my rides, but never got around to it.
I finally did, and am having a great time doing it. It is definitely inspired by awisrmbat, but I post video and links I find as well as my bike riding photographs.
Oh yeah, I live in Austin, TX.
I have a link posted to your site in gratitude. Thanks!
Best,
Keith
Thanks, Keith! I love your tumbling photos, by the way. I’m adding you to my blogroll too. May we have many rides and take many photographs!
Hi Rhode,
I so happy to see your blog, I do the same with my bike and camera over nord Buenos Aires but I don’t blogged by now I’m goig to continue to see your blog it’s stimulate for me ..well happy day from Argentina!!
Andres
Dear WISRMBAT,
My wife and I are new to NO (living in the uptown area) and were wondering what features you would recommend for a bike in New Orleans. Our innards have been throughly jarred driving around so I vote for balloon tires. I would love to have a Velorbis Churchill but they are not sold in the states. Any help or great bike shop recommendations would be great. Many thanks. Travis.
If I were you and wanted to sneak into the Lutheran events, just say you are from South Dakota and lost your arm band. My colleague is a Lutheran pastor in Sioux Falls he describes it as a Lutheran ghetto were youth frequently lost things; he said that should get you in.
Hello and welcome to New Orleans! Sorry about the delay in replying–I’ve been traveling about. Biking is definitely the right choice here, and actually, almost any bike will do. Flats can be avoided with proper tire pressure, but no bike will really keep you from feeling the bad roads in the knees. Neither of my bikes has shocks–I wonder if that might help…My road bike is steel, and I find the material absorbs more road shock than the aluminum frame of my cruiser.
I realize I’m not being that helpful. But I wish I could go shopping with you! I love new bikes. Let me know if you want a friend to go to the bike shoppe with you guys. See you on the roads!
Hey,
I dig your blogs. I have a blog about old bicycles and Louisiana life. Check it out sometime if you get the chance.
Hi, Dominic–I was just checking out your blog. Your pix are drool-worthy! I’ll be adding you to the blogroll. I’m glad you found me!
You bet! Thank you for the compliment on my photos. I’m glad we found each other. I need someone, besides myself, to read my blog. Louisiana is a small state hopefully, someday, we’ll bump into each other riding.
Hi hi – LOVE your blog, and that bike tat! Sick! Happy I found this blog! I just started one, exchange links? oh and WHO DAT!!!!
Hey! Love your blog. You know I’ve probably ridden by you more than once on my way to work.
I wanted to let you know about the NOLA Bike Bash that the Metro Bike Coalition is hosting this weekend. Details here: http://www.mbcnola.org/bikebash.html
Thanks,
James
Hey, James! I will most def see you at the bike bash. I wonder how we’ll find each other…hee! I’ll be promoting the upcoming Bicycle Film Festival. Say hi!
I just found your blog via some clicking around. I like when a blog has a nice narrowly-defined theme that still makes for lots of possibilities. And having co-founded Plan B, I especially like this blog’s theme. Subscribing to the RSS feed… now!
Just happened upon your blog and like it a lot. I keep telling myself I should carry a camera whenever I’m riding.
My daughter and I went through New Orleans, moving her back her to Portland Oregon for a little while before she went back to Miami again, the August before Katrina. I sure would like to get back there to explore it on a bike sometime.
I’ve been looking at a Surly Long Haul Trucker every time I go to my favorite bike shop, but I think I’ll wind up getting some kind of cargo bike first.
There’s a very honest pleassure to be had from riding a Bianchi bicycle. Everyone should have one at some point!
Interesting to see other cycling blogs like a similar template.
As a comparison from British Columbia:
http://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com
http://www.thirdwavecyclingblog.wordpress.com
Blogs are recently hatched. But have some stuff north of the U.S.-Canada border.
Hi! Just wanted to let you know how much I love your blog. I discovered it about six months ago, and it was really soothing to see images of NOLA as waves of homesickness washed over me throughout the Chicago winter. I’m finally in the process of moving back to New Orleans after being away since December 2005, and I can’t wait to get a new bike and ride, ride, ride!
Thank you, Katie! I’m so happy you get to come home soon. Look me up–we can go pedaling around together–guest blog!
Hi, nice to meet you !
Howdy, just found your blog and I love it, and I want your tattoo, and I love to cycle and take pictures, my new favorite addiction. I live in Northern California.
Please come by and check out my newish blog, Z.
Earthquakesandrattlesnakes.wordpress.com
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Hi there,
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Thanks again and keep up the great work,
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Kate,
Your blog is wonderful, it reminds me of home every time I read it, and makes me miss you and your class! It was by far my favorite class at Tulane. Thanks for the little bits of home.
The Venerable Zachery Elbourne
Thanks, Zack! I hope you are off enjoying life out there. And riding a bike.
Hello,
I was wondering if you accept guest post for your blog. If you do, I would like to submit a few. I’m a recent college graduate, with an English major, looking to build out my portfolio. I can write on a wide variety of topics and am sure you would be happy with the quality. Please email me back if you are interested. Thank you for your time.
– Kathleen Hubert
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002374243662
Hi, Kathleen! I’m afraid the blog is just me, just writing about my bike rides, but good luck and happy writing!
I hear that The Lens is looking for stuff!
^LOL
Hi Kate. My girlfriend and I are taking the Amtrak from Austin to New Orleans in early May for a week and bringing our bikes with us. I’ve been a long time reader of your blog. You even have my blog’s link up on this site (pedalbug). I was wondering if you had any advice about good rides around town or maybe you’d like to ride with us while we are there. Thanks for any advice!
Our bikes are very similar to your Surly; road bikes with fat tires. We are both very experienced riders especially in urban areas. My girlfriend used to pedicab in Boston and I own a bike tour and rental company here in Austin. We are looking forward for a week of riding around New Orleans and the national park to the South.
Great blog. Just moved from Houma, La., to Fell’s Point myself. #nolalove!
Hi Kate –
So, a DC band, Nora and One Left recently released a CD, called “bicycle”.
The cd has a new holiday ditty for all dc elves and maccabeans – Big Red Bicycle Christmas – w/ a yule-ish video on youtube.
You can stream the cd off their site – http://www.norandoneleft.com – and their requisite facebook page.
Thanks,
Larry
You can contact them at noraandoneleft@gmail.com
love your blog and lifestyle…..here’s a link to my tumblr which also documents some of the pictures I take of bikes almost everyday, also some links to some blurb books I’ve made, mostly with bike pictures
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/monopolyj
keep up the good work
Kate,
Hi, I’m from Bicycling magazine and I was looking for your email to contact you. We’re working on a community blog project and we wanted to include you. Could you please contact me?
Thanks and regards, Brad
Hi, Brad! I’d love to hear about your project. I can be contacted at kdrabinski@gmail.com. Cheers!
Your blog has inspired me to take more pictures of our shared city when I’m out and about. So, thanks for that! I’ve been thinking about starting a bike related blog or seeking out someone, or an organization to work with. I was wondering if you’d ever be open to having a guest contributer? Email me if you’d like, maybe we could meet up at Bike Party or get a coffee and talk about it? No hard feelings if not, of course. Ride safe and have fun!
Hi
I am Aubrey. I am the Outreach Specialist of Ebikedaily; aiming to provide eBike enthusiasts with useful and accurate information on all types of electric bikes!
I am writing today to see if you are open to a collaboration with us.
I was looking around the internet for relevant and high-quality sites – and I found yours! Your writing style and your posts are a great indication of an awesome work together. What do you think
?
Please let me know if we can work something out! We’d be thrilled to whip an article or something for your site.
Awaiting your response!
Best
Aubrey