{"id":16,"date":"2021-03-10T15:44:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T01:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiibybike.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-04-22T21:38:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T07:38:45","slug":"about-hawaii-by-bike","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hawaiibybike.com\/about-hawaii-by-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"About Hawai\u02bbi By Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-414\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-414\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaiibybike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/me-0922-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaiibybike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/me-0922-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hawaiibybike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/me-0922-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hawaiibybike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/me-0922-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hawaiibybike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/me-0922.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me at South Point Ka Lae Hawai\u02bbi Big Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead-text lead\">When I moved to Hawai\u02bbi twenty years ago, I stopped riding my bicycle. Hawai\u02bbi&#8217;s car-centric roadways, mountainous landscapes, and extreme climates made bicycling daunting.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t see average people, families, or even commuters biking. I didn&#8217;t see women biking. Hawai\u02bbi did not make the sport inviting. I didn&#8217;t know how to get started in my new community. It took a while, but five years ago I bought a bike and started my journey biking in Hawai\u02bbi. With persistence, growing confidence, and continued patience, I&#8217;ve become a regular rider.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the hurdles I saw twenty years ago persist.\u00a0 I still see the same reflection: few families on bikes, no average riders, few commuters, and car-centric roads.\u00a0 I want to try to affect change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p><strong>My goal is to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>help remove known barriers for riders<\/li>\n<li>strengthen families through a common, fun, and healthy activity<\/li>\n<li>encourage women, new riders and average people to ride bikes<\/li>\n<li>make the sport more visible to the larger community<\/li>\n<li>make Hawai\u02bbi a more bike-friendly place and better place to live<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>For me, biking in Hawai\u02bbi has been a journey of exploration, of pushing past a lot of comfort zones, some expected, <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiibybike.com\/overcoming-barriers-to-riding-a-bicycle-in-hawaii\/\">some unnecessary<\/a>. I hope to help remove unnecessary hurdles, provide tips to make riding more fun, and add in some words of encouragement. Maybe these will make your experience of biking Hawai\u02bbi better. Together we can accomplish these goals.<\/p>\n<p>This website has bicycle routes that I regularly enjoy. I can&#8217;t ride it all, so I hope others will submit theirs too. In addition to the basics like traffic, distance, elevation and amenities (ahem), I\u02bbve tried to capture what I love about each one and pass on that inspiration. All of the routes continue to challenge me. I hope you are open to trying; just keep pedaling.<\/p>\n<p>I also hope to raise awareness and consciousness among motorists and governmental leadership that bicycling has a place in Hawaii and ought to have endorsed legitimacy. I want to provide the opportunity for fellow bicyclists to easily, politely, but insistently provide a voice that encourages more space for people. Everyone should have access to public land to exercise safely, and enjoy the islands in a way that is respectful of the land, culture and environment.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What bikes do I ride?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';\">I\u02bbm based in Hilo, Hawai\u02bbi on the Big Island and our windward roads are old and prone to refuse.\u00a0 I ride a Trek Checkpoint gravel bike on the rough roads. I ride a full-suspension Juliana mountain bike on double-track jeep roads and the few single-track mountain bike locations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>May you have many happy and safe rides with family and friends!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie E.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I moved to Hawai\u02bbi twenty years ago, I stopped riding my bicycle. 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