When Dave Wofford (37) tires of preventing forest fires, he designs graphics and presses letters at Durham’s finest fine-art letterpress, the Horse and Buggy Press. Originally a champion of Raleigh’s art community, Wofford has come to see the aesthetic benefits of living, biking, and now blogging in the Bull City. His Critical Mass posters (featured [...]
When Mike Halligan isn’t skating across frozen bridges, he’s reclaiming thrown away objects for recycling. Just last week, the Warehouse Manager at Morgan Imports rescued a Schwinn Suburban from a downtown dumpster after spotting it from a Lull forklift. He’s also an avid paddler, guiding canoe and kayak trips with Frog Hollow Outdoors. Distressed by [...]
After profiling Hampton Dellinger, a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, as a Bull City Biker, several readers encouraged me to contact Dan Besse. Besse is also a candidate for the second-in-command position, and he has a good reputation in certain bicycling circles for the work he’s done to extend Winston-Salem’s greenway system. I offered to profile [...]
Bicycling is an issue that touches everything that is right and everything that is wrong with this country. Our achievements in the past and present as well as our potential for the future of this country come down to the place we afford the bicycle in our society. For starters, the bicycle is the greatest [...]
Jack Edinger, a fellow board member at the Durham Bike Co-op, and Anne Fairchild are the next Bull City Bikers. What bike(s) do you own and ride regularly? Anne: Trek multi track 730 w/ plastic crate attached! Jack: Currently ride a 1983 Trek 630 fixed-gear conversion. I also have an ever-changing fleet of frames and [...]
I first met Ken Kaye, 45, after he emailed me about his plans to bike the Outer Banks with his son. We met up at the Durham Bike to Work Week breakfast, and he told me what an incredible experience his barrier island tour had been. He has plans for a cross-country bike trek, but [...]
Eunice Chang, 28, learned to ride a bike not long ago. Nevertheless, she’s hooked. In addition to wearing suggestive T-shirts, Eunice’s skills include photography and making the “pupscicles” for Locopops. So, Eunice, what bikes do you own and ride regularly? A Breezer Uptown 8, U-frame. I call it Gale the Maroon Marauder. What’s your primary [...]
Durham residents aren’t the only ones who tap into to Durham’s bike-culture. Even visitors, like Gary Macy of San Diego, know the Bull City’s bike-friendliness and let it change their ways while in town. Macy, 56, is a professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego. He spent last year on [...]
Even though I got behind and am posting this in April, there is a March Bull City Biker. And his name is Michael Bérubé. Now, some of you may already know him for one of at least two reasons… first, he’s a professor of Literature and Cultural studies at Penn State University. A leader in [...]
February’s Bull City Biker is Danielle Newton (27), a local mountain bike racer who’s originally from California. Not afraid of the dark, she’s the organizer of this winter’s weekly night ride on the American Tobacco Trail. What’s your primary flavor of riding? I’m a mountain biker at heart. I was a tomboy growing up, and [...]