Biking for Obama

Ryan Bowen was featured on the Takeaway co produced by “PRI (Public Radio International) and WNYC Radio in collaboration with the BBC World Service, The New York Times and WGBH Boston.” Click here to read the article and or listen to the audio interview. This time Ryan had a bit of more time to explain his goal and inspiration [...] Continue Reading…

Ryan will be on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation tomorrow, Tuesday, at 2:30 pm EST.    The show will be aired on many local NPR stations.  It will be online on www.NPR.org after 6 pm EST.  Check your local listings for more information.

Austin has been a great place.  Too great in fact.

I realized that if I don’t leave now, I’ll have to stay here!  The hometown of Lance Armstrong, the undisputed most Bike-friendly place in Texas, and all the nice white liberals make me feel like I’m back where I grew up in Portland,  OR.  No wonder all those folks in [...] Continue Reading…

I know, even the title of this one sounds cheesy, but it’s the gosh darn truth! After two and a half days riding through West Texas, I couldn’t help but think Damn, Texas is huge! Riding east from El Paso, along the border for miles along its booming Mexican sister-city Juarez I passed from city bustle to winding agricultural [...] Continue Reading…

Today Ryan was featured LIVE on Fox Cable News sometime between 9:20 and 9:45am. Here’s the video of the phone interview.

If the video doesn’t work, click here to view it from the Fox News Website.

Alfredo Tobar is a man with many talents, a keen sense for justice, and a big mouth.Restaurant owner, City Commissioner, Artista and Rebel are a few of the titles he proudly wears. We met Wednesday night at Pepe’s Café in Ozona, Texas, the only town I had seen in over 90 miles. Ozona seems like your quintessential Texas small-town. [...] Continue Reading…

Here’s a great way to support the movement, and you get a stylin T-Shirt too!

Checkout the new Biking for Obama merchandise featured at the One Way North online shop. All the proceeds will go straight into funding the rest of the journey. The shirts range from sizes x-small to x-large and run for $25 with free tax and shipping [...] Continue Reading…

Ryan has been featured in the LA times! Read the article here! Also check out the inspiring pictures taken by Kirk McKoy of the Los Angeles Times.

Great news! The gallery of Ryan’s adventures is now open. You can check it out here: http://www.bikingforobama.com/gallery/. The gallery will be updated on a weekly and sometimes daily basis so check back often. I just got done talking to Ryan about an hour ago. He has some great ideas for this blog so stay tuned for the latest features [...] Continue Reading…

Ryan thought it would be a nice idea to add more pictures to the blog so you could get a clearer visual of his adventures. Since Ryan is busy biking accross the country, I will be teaming up with Albert (the media guy) to create a photogallery so we can all better follow Ryan’s inspiring journey.  If you have [...] Continue Reading…