October 04, 2023

Radical Joy Riding with Alyssa Proudfoot Siegel

45 minutes

Alyssa founded Radical Joy Riding in 2022 as a WTF-focused, accessible biking group in Washington DC, and has organized skill shares, beginner rides, and overnights to inspire marginalized cyclists to do what feels good in their bodies. As an organizer with DC Bike Party and Bikes Not Bombs DC, Alyssa strives to be the human embodiment of a no-drop ride. She believes that bikes can save the world, and whether she’s tinkering with her next bike project, teaching Smart Cycling classes, or leading biking adventures, she’s always chasing that bike-utopia dream.

A Bay Area native who ended up learning how to wrench and winter bike in Minneapolis, Alyssa now literally only knows how to talk about bikes. She coordinated a free bike repair program during the George Floyd protests in the Twin Cities, and has been car free for three years. Alyssa was also a mechanic at the largest bike distribution and repair camp at Burning Man, and is a contributing writer for Grease Rag Ride & Wrench Zines. Best of all though, she’s a super dorky All Bodies on Bikes fan, and is so excited whenever she crosses paths with the folx at ABOB, from the Swift Campout to (now) this podcast. In her grown-up getting paid time, Alyssa fights for a Bicycle Friendly America and safe streets for all at the League of American Bicyclists.

Radical Joy Riding -- https://www.radicaljoyriding.org/ @radicaljoyriding

DC Bike Party -- @dcbikeparty

Bikes not Bombs -- https://bikesnotbombs.org/

Grease Rag Ride & Wrench Zines -- https://greaserag.org/blog/

League of American Bicyclists -- https://bikeleague.org/

National Bike Summit -- https://bikeleague.org/events/summit/

DC Bike Polo -- @dcbikepolo

Metro Washington Association of Blind Atheletes -- https://gomwaba.org/

Recovery Bike Shop -- http://recovery.bike/

@allbodiesonbikes

@feisty_media

All Bodies on Bikes Website: https://www.allbodiesonbikes.com/