It seems like everyone is biking cross country these days. I have two separate pairs of friends who are currently pedaling across the nation and I get emails constantly from people who are biking all the states to raise money for worthy causes. So I’m a little hesitant to post about one person’s cross country journey but local artist Nicole Lavelle has turned her summer trip into a really interesting art show that’s up at Stumptown Coffee on SE Division right now.
Lavelle (who has done a ton of cool projects in Portland and worked for us for a brief and glorious time) flew to Alabama, built a bike out of bamboo, and biked on it back to PDX. Usually when I talk to people about biking cross country, they’re super positive: “It was great! It was empowering! It was hard but I feel awesome!” Lavelle’s written responses to the trip are interesting because they’re so damn sad. Check ’em out below the cut and over at Stumptown.
OMG this is the actual dictionary definition of First World Problem.
That’s not even thought provoking, that’s just kind of dumb. Another artist soliciting a reputation rather than building one.
The newest fad, bike across the country and get others to pay your way in the name of charity.