Ep 9: Wednesday Night Riders - Finding Community on Two Wheels

I didn't get into cycling because I loved it. I got into it because I had to. In Los Angeles, that's not a minor inconvenience, that's a full restructuring of your life. But somewhere between riding 20 miles through Koreatown at night and building my first fixed gear bike on my apartment floor, something shifted. It stopped being a punishment and started being something else entirely. This episode is about three cities: Los Angeles, Oakland, and back to LA again. Three different bikes. Three groups of strangers I found through an internet forum and a Wednesday night meetup. And what it took me a long time to admit those Wednesday nights were actually giving me. I talk about fixed gear cycling, group riding, the Bay Area bike scene, what it felt like to be in a community that looked like me, and the chapter of my life when I was still figuring out what showing up for people actually meant, including myself. Sometimes a consequence turns into the longest relationship of your life. Sometimes you don't know what you're building while you're building it. You just have to show up on Wednesday.