EPISODE 2: Centering Joy, Acknowledging Grief, Cycling Forward

Within&Without

Over the last several months, we got to hear from Black organizers and cyclists as they shared their experiences of joy and community through cycling and how 2020 has impacted the way they live, ride, and thrive.
We got to speak with riders and organizers Grace Anderson and Devin Cowens who we met through the WTF Summit in 2019 as well as Rachel Olzer, one of the co-founders of Pedal to the People. We also got to hear from zahra alabanza of Black Freedom Outfitters, Ariana Lima with the Black Bike Culture Mapping Project, Bike Mechanic and organizer Lydia Moore, as well as two recipients of the SJ Brooks Scholarship - mechanic Olivia Williams and poet Katelyn Durst.
Shoutouts to Black Freedom Outfitters, co-founded by zahra alabanza and Paris Hatcher. Red, Bike and Green-Atlanta and BlackBike Culture Mapping Project organized by Red, Bike and Green.

Music for this episode is by Your Heart Breaks and features the song Bike Tune Nelly, by Nelly Jones. Our logo design is by Molly Sugar. This series is hosted by Rio Oxas of RAHOK and Everett Ó Cillín, former co-founder of the Radical Adventure Riders, and was produced and edited by Everett.

SERIES DESCRIPTION
Radical Adventure Riders (RAR) and Race.Ancestors.Health.Outdoors.Knowledge (RAHOK) present the Within & Without podcast. A series of off the chain dispatches from BIPoC and Allies discussing tensions within the cycling community and how we connect to ourselves and the world around us through cycling and the outdoors. Recorded throughout 2020 amidst a global pandemic and racial reckoning, this series shares the lived experiences of our moment.

These conversations help move us toward transformation: a transformation that centers the freedom and justice of our earth, amplifies voices from across the gender spectrum, and centers Black, Indigenous and People of Color. We acknowledge the energy of discomfort these conversations may bring and hope this very energy will help shift the greater dialogue to support the changes needed in outdoor and cycling communities - and our world.