b.i.g. is the story of two girls from Australia in their first time attempt to discover the pleasure, privilege and pain of long-distance bicycle travel by riding across America in their own patch-worked route from Seattle to Boston. This journey is not all about bicycling. It is about travelling by bicycle - fast enough to move forward but slow enough to explore and to enjoy. That's why they called it b.i.g. = bike is good. Here they share their stories, their experiences and their lessons learned.
Our intentions with the bikeisgood project were not to set out and break personal records. The physical aspects of such an undertaking are certainly not be underestimated but they were not our driving motor. In fact we soon figured out that we were part of the slow movers. The main idea was to discover traveling by bicycle and what it can do to you. We wanted to find our how far our healthy optimism, our thirst for a little adventure and the desire to step out of our everyday life grind could take us - on a bicycle. We didn't do it for a good cause, we didn't raise money for a charity and we didn't create awareness for a specific movement. But we happily shared (and will continue to do so) the experience of generating 'feel good' vibes for body, mind & soul simply by traveling on a bicycle.
Our intentions with the bikeisgood project were not to set out and break personal records. The physical aspects of such an undertaking are certainly not be underestimated but they were not our driving motor. In fact we soon figured out that we were part of the slow movers. The main idea was to discover traveling by bicycle and what it can do to you. We wanted to find our how far our healthy optimism, our thirst for a little adventure and the desire to step out of our everyday life grind could take us - on a bicycle. We didn't do it for a good cause, we didn't raise money for a charity and we didn't create awareness for a specific movement. But we happily shared (and will continue to do so) the experience of generating 'feel good' vibes for body, mind & soul simply by traveling on a bicycle.
