Cyclists who write must have something interesting to write about, which usually involves interesting places to ride and an interesting local cycling culture. I assume that is why the most popular cycling blogs are based in Australia, the Rocky Mountains or on one of the U.S. coasts. A few of us poke around down in Texas, but I have found no one reporting from the Deep South,  AKA Dixie, Old South, Bible Belt, Black Belt, etc.

Allow me to step in and fill the void for the next three weeks.

Americus, Ga. , is a town of about 17,000 that few have heard of. Those few probably know it as the home of Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) and Koinonia Farm, or they may be old enough to remember when national news media called it the “meanest town in America” during the civil rights movement. It’s a place with tremendous history that is as full of idealistic hope as it is destitute poverty.

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Jenna Morrison, a pregnant 38-year-old mom riding her bike to pick up her five-year-old son at school, was killed in Toronto's west end when she was hit by a turning truck. "I have two daughter s— two adult daughters — who often commute to work in Ottawa and, quite frankly, as a parent, I often worry about them because they're a lot more vulnerable, anybody's a lot more vulnerable, on a bicycle than they are in a car. "I'm going to ask my officials to review the infrastructure requirements for cycling on our roads and I'll also do that as minister of transportation" Chiarelli said Monday. Bob Chiarelli, the Ontario minister of transportation and infrastructure, said he will ask his officials to look at measures to make streets friendlier for cyclists.

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