Megan Ramey
@bikabout.com
Safe Routes to School Manager 4 Hood River. Bike 🚲 travel writer & map 🗺 maker. Scheming on bike 🛏️ hostel in Columbia Gorge.
Greetings from beautiful Bend.
We are grateful for spending our 20th annual Friendsgiving dating back to Madison life. It's pretty amazing that we all ended up in Oregon by way of MA, MO and CA.
We are grateful for spending our 20th annual Friendsgiving dating back to Madison life. It's pretty amazing that we all ended up in Oregon by way of MA, MO and CA.
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Greetings from beautiful Bend.
We are grateful for spending our 20th annual Friendsgiving dating back to Madison life. It's pretty amazing that we all ended up in Oregon by way of MA, MO and CA.
We are grateful for spending our 20th annual Friendsgiving dating back to Madison life. It's pretty amazing that we all ended up in Oregon by way of MA, MO and CA.
This ADA kayak and paddle board launch in Bend's Miller's Landing is super cool and right off the major bike route.
Now I have a goal to do a float and bike shuttle this summer.
Now I have a goal to do a float and bike shuttle this summer.
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This ADA kayak and paddle board launch in Bend's Miller's Landing is super cool and right off the major bike route.
Now I have a goal to do a float and bike shuttle this summer.
Now I have a goal to do a float and bike shuttle this summer.
"It's forced conformity. That's what's killing the kids. That's the real monster," Eddie Munson ❤️
Bike Bus kids defy conformity, thanks to @coachbalto.bsky.social.
Season 5 @strangerthings.bsky.social, let's go!
#bikebus
Bike Bus kids defy conformity, thanks to @coachbalto.bsky.social.
Season 5 @strangerthings.bsky.social, let's go!
#bikebus
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"It's forced conformity. That's what's killing the kids. That's the real monster," Eddie Munson ❤️
Bike Bus kids defy conformity, thanks to @coachbalto.bsky.social.
Season 5 @strangerthings.bsky.social, let's go!
#bikebus
Bike Bus kids defy conformity, thanks to @coachbalto.bsky.social.
Season 5 @strangerthings.bsky.social, let's go!
#bikebus
My background in fashion and bikes collided when I got to curate the Stranger Things Bike Bus costumes.
No time machine needed—we can give kids the freedom we remember: friends to roam with, and the wheels to get them there.
7/end
No time machine needed—we can give kids the freedom we remember: friends to roam with, and the wheels to get them there.
7/end
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My background in fashion and bikes collided when I got to curate the Stranger Things Bike Bus costumes.
No time machine needed—we can give kids the freedom we remember: friends to roam with, and the wheels to get them there.
7/end
No time machine needed—we can give kids the freedom we remember: friends to roam with, and the wheels to get them there.
7/end
I was the epitome of an 80s child. My parents worked full time and it was necessary for me to transport myself and find my own play.
Stranger Things is a powerful memory tug AND a challenge in my Safe Routes to School work to give this generation the free-range childhood that I had.
6x
Stranger Things is a powerful memory tug AND a challenge in my Safe Routes to School work to give this generation the free-range childhood that I had.
6x
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I was the epitome of an 80s child. My parents worked full time and it was necessary for me to transport myself and find my own play.
Stranger Things is a powerful memory tug AND a challenge in my Safe Routes to School work to give this generation the free-range childhood that I had.
6x
Stranger Things is a powerful memory tug AND a challenge in my Safe Routes to School work to give this generation the free-range childhood that I had.
6x
Perhaps, most importantly...
"the show has tapped into a very specific type of nostalgia—leaving viewers reminiscing about a time when kids roamed their neighborhoods on bikes, by themselves" @awalkerinla.bsky.social, @curbed.com.
Article: archive.curbed.com/2017/10/25/1...
5/x
"the show has tapped into a very specific type of nostalgia—leaving viewers reminiscing about a time when kids roamed their neighborhoods on bikes, by themselves" @awalkerinla.bsky.social, @curbed.com.
Article: archive.curbed.com/2017/10/25/1...
5/x
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Perhaps, most importantly...
"the show has tapped into a very specific type of nostalgia—leaving viewers reminiscing about a time when kids roamed their neighborhoods on bikes, by themselves" @awalkerinla.bsky.social, @curbed.com.
Article: archive.curbed.com/2017/10/25/1...
5/x
"the show has tapped into a very specific type of nostalgia—leaving viewers reminiscing about a time when kids roamed their neighborhoods on bikes, by themselves" @awalkerinla.bsky.social, @curbed.com.
Article: archive.curbed.com/2017/10/25/1...
5/x
"1983. This is science fiction not powered by a vision of the future but a longing for the past."
Both the Bike Bus and the #80sWalkRollClub in Hood River were inspired by that longing for independence, adventure and community through biking.
Article: www.npr.org/2016/07/27/4...
4/x
Both the Bike Bus and the #80sWalkRollClub in Hood River were inspired by that longing for independence, adventure and community through biking.
Article: www.npr.org/2016/07/27/4...
4/x
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"1983. This is science fiction not powered by a vision of the future but a longing for the past."
Both the Bike Bus and the #80sWalkRollClub in Hood River were inspired by that longing for independence, adventure and community through biking.
Article: www.npr.org/2016/07/27/4...
4/x
Both the Bike Bus and the #80sWalkRollClub in Hood River were inspired by that longing for independence, adventure and community through biking.
Article: www.npr.org/2016/07/27/4...
4/x
"the kids set out as a pack of two-wheeled adventurers to save their way of life."
Inverse article: www.inverse.com/article/2015...
3x
Inverse article: www.inverse.com/article/2015...
3x
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"the kids set out as a pack of two-wheeled adventurers to save their way of life."
Inverse article: www.inverse.com/article/2015...
3x
Inverse article: www.inverse.com/article/2015...
3x
"@strangerthings.bsky.social remind us...when the only care in the world you had was whether you could go ride bikes with your friends after dinner... 🚲 have long preceded other means of mechanical conveyance, and have always represented a sense of emancipation."
Sean Hutchinson, @inverse.com
2/x
Sean Hutchinson, @inverse.com
2/x
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"@strangerthings.bsky.social remind us...when the only care in the world you had was whether you could go ride bikes with your friends after dinner... 🚲 have long preceded other means of mechanical conveyance, and have always represented a sense of emancipation."
Sean Hutchinson, @inverse.com
2/x
Sean Hutchinson, @inverse.com
2/x
Stranger Things #BikeBus was unveiled last weekend in anticipation of the series finale roll-out beginning on Thanksgiving 🦃
🧵 on why this partnership is pure magic ✨ 1/x
🧵 on why this partnership is pure magic ✨ 1/x
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Stranger Things #BikeBus was unveiled last weekend in anticipation of the series finale roll-out beginning on Thanksgiving 🦃
🧵 on why this partnership is pure magic ✨ 1/x
🧵 on why this partnership is pure magic ✨ 1/x
"Can [your 1st grader] travel alone in the neighborhood (4-8 blocks) to the store, school, playground or to a friend’s home.”
Psychologist, Louise Bates Ames, book "Your 6YO: Loving and Defiant" in '79, on childhood development.
Life After Cars continues to surprise me. @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Psychologist, Louise Bates Ames, book "Your 6YO: Loving and Defiant" in '79, on childhood development.
Life After Cars continues to surprise me. @thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Can [your 1st grader] travel alone in the neighborhood (4-8 blocks) to the store, school, playground or to a friend’s home.”
Psychologist, Louise Bates Ames, book "Your 6YO: Loving and Defiant" in '79, on childhood development.
Life After Cars continues to surprise me. @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Psychologist, Louise Bates Ames, book "Your 6YO: Loving and Defiant" in '79, on childhood development.
Life After Cars continues to surprise me. @thewaroncars.bsky.social
For our final Ruby Bridges walk to school day at Parkdale, we gathered under a looming Mount Hood for hot chocolate and walked through some spectacular golden light.
And look at those awesome @cleverhood.bsky.social jackets for our rain library thanks to @saferoutespartners.bsky.social!
And look at those awesome @cleverhood.bsky.social jackets for our rain library thanks to @saferoutespartners.bsky.social!
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
For our final Ruby Bridges walk to school day at Parkdale, we gathered under a looming Mount Hood for hot chocolate and walked through some spectacular golden light.
And look at those awesome @cleverhood.bsky.social jackets for our rain library thanks to @saferoutespartners.bsky.social!
And look at those awesome @cleverhood.bsky.social jackets for our rain library thanks to @saferoutespartners.bsky.social!
7 years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and promptly handed her to her mom.
Happy Birthday to my star, Penelope. She gifted me my greatest life experience including a 2nd opportunity to bike while pregnant!
Story: www.bikabout.com/blog/biking-...
Happy Birthday to my star, Penelope. She gifted me my greatest life experience including a 2nd opportunity to bike while pregnant!
Story: www.bikabout.com/blog/biking-...
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
7 years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and promptly handed her to her mom.
Happy Birthday to my star, Penelope. She gifted me my greatest life experience including a 2nd opportunity to bike while pregnant!
Story: www.bikabout.com/blog/biking-...
Happy Birthday to my star, Penelope. She gifted me my greatest life experience including a 2nd opportunity to bike while pregnant!
Story: www.bikabout.com/blog/biking-...
Before the walk: "I don't know you"
End of walk: holding hands
Walking and Bike Buses build community FAST!
This goes out to all our fellow leaders out there and the relationships they have with their students. You are making memories.
End of walk: holding hands
Walking and Bike Buses build community FAST!
This goes out to all our fellow leaders out there and the relationships they have with their students. You are making memories.
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Before the walk: "I don't know you"
End of walk: holding hands
Walking and Bike Buses build community FAST!
This goes out to all our fellow leaders out there and the relationships they have with their students. You are making memories.
End of walk: holding hands
Walking and Bike Buses build community FAST!
This goes out to all our fellow leaders out there and the relationships they have with their students. You are making memories.
One of my proudest "Boston" advocacy moments was being asked to speak for the ribbon cutting of Cambridge's 2nd real cycletrack, Western Ave, and then biking down it with then 4 year-old Annika.
Motherhood slammed my efforts in 5th and this was the first real win.
Motherhood slammed my efforts in 5th and this was the first real win.
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
One of my proudest "Boston" advocacy moments was being asked to speak for the ribbon cutting of Cambridge's 2nd real cycletrack, Western Ave, and then biking down it with then 4 year-old Annika.
Motherhood slammed my efforts in 5th and this was the first real win.
Motherhood slammed my efforts in 5th and this was the first real win.
5am came quickly this morning, but just like magic, the kids and our panoramic beauty of the Columbia Gorge wakes me up really quickly.
Happy Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
Happy Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
5am came quickly this morning, but just like magic, the kids and our panoramic beauty of the Columbia Gorge wakes me up really quickly.
Happy Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
Happy Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
Parents gone wild, Dad edition
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Parents gone wild, Dad edition
4 people radicalized by parenting.
Last night's Life After Cars book talk at Powell's was another evening of church. Not surprising, "Cars Ruin Childhood" is my favorite chapter bc of the effectiveness of kids' voices and subversive joy.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@coachbalto.bsky.social
Last night's Life After Cars book talk at Powell's was another evening of church. Not surprising, "Cars Ruin Childhood" is my favorite chapter bc of the effectiveness of kids' voices and subversive joy.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@coachbalto.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
4 people radicalized by parenting.
Last night's Life After Cars book talk at Powell's was another evening of church. Not surprising, "Cars Ruin Childhood" is my favorite chapter bc of the effectiveness of kids' voices and subversive joy.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@coachbalto.bsky.social
Last night's Life After Cars book talk at Powell's was another evening of church. Not surprising, "Cars Ruin Childhood" is my favorite chapter bc of the effectiveness of kids' voices and subversive joy.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@coachbalto.bsky.social
Team Portland turnt up!
Thanks to @bikeportland for bringing all our people to Bike Happy Hour. It felt like homecoming for transportation nerds.
It was an overdue joy meet Doug and Sarah of @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
Thanks to @bikeportland for bringing all our people to Bike Happy Hour. It felt like homecoming for transportation nerds.
It was an overdue joy meet Doug and Sarah of @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Team Portland turnt up!
Thanks to @bikeportland for bringing all our people to Bike Happy Hour. It felt like homecoming for transportation nerds.
It was an overdue joy meet Doug and Sarah of @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
Thanks to @bikeportland for bringing all our people to Bike Happy Hour. It felt like homecoming for transportation nerds.
It was an overdue joy meet Doug and Sarah of @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
Off to Portland for a very special Bike Happy Hour.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Off to Portland for a very special Bike Happy Hour.
What other walk to school day features slumbering cows 🐄?
Oh, how our families need peace and community right now and #RubyBridges is the perfect event for it.
#hoodrivercounty
Oh, how our families need peace and community right now and #RubyBridges is the perfect event for it.
#hoodrivercounty
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What other walk to school day features slumbering cows 🐄?
Oh, how our families need peace and community right now and #RubyBridges is the perfect event for it.
#hoodrivercounty
Oh, how our families need peace and community right now and #RubyBridges is the perfect event for it.
#hoodrivercounty
"Get your hands dirty and drop the screens and get obsessed with something, get passionate. We all want to share in what you might create." -Jack White
Freedom looks like kids on bikes, feeling the music, creating their own world.
Freedom looks like kids on bikes, feeling the music, creating their own world.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Get your hands dirty and drop the screens and get obsessed with something, get passionate. We all want to share in what you might create." -Jack White
Freedom looks like kids on bikes, feeling the music, creating their own world.
Freedom looks like kids on bikes, feeling the music, creating their own world.
Happy Ruby Bridges Walk to School week!
You will be seeing a lot of fun videos to every version of Blackbird 🎶 that I can find including the OG by the Beatles here.
You will be seeing a lot of fun videos to every version of Blackbird 🎶 that I can find including the OG by the Beatles here.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Happy Ruby Bridges Walk to School week!
You will be seeing a lot of fun videos to every version of Blackbird 🎶 that I can find including the OG by the Beatles here.
You will be seeing a lot of fun videos to every version of Blackbird 🎶 that I can find including the OG by the Beatles here.