Meet Abby
Who is bike.club?
Big, large, huge SHOUT OUT to Ethan, Joel, Belle, Cannon, Kyle, Noah, Caroline, Jesse, Kyle, Kelly, Brock, Phill, Ben, Jason, Jordan, Weston, and Nathan who all showed their support for what we’re doing by becoming members. It goes a long ways, thank you. If you too wanna keep the fire burning, join us now.
Abby is one of those peeps whose smile says it all. She literally beams.
I met her at bike club, briefly, and then ran into her a week later at Fisher Brewing. She was playing cards and immediately invited me into her friend group, no questions asked. I knew she was cool, and then she grabbed her friend by the arm and dragged her to the center of the empty dance floor and started line dancing. Five minutes later the whole bar was dancing.
Her say yes attitude is infectious, as is her generosity. She even ended up donating dozens of hours of time to help sew Unplugged patches onto thrifted clothing to support the cause… for free. There’s a lot more to her than this but here’s a little taste, enjoy.
Fave SLC third space?
Liberty park or the natural law apothecary.
What’s your job?
Community liaison and marketer for Visiting Angels; I also work at Survivor Wellness and am a full time student in a grad program in Social Work.
What chapter of life are you in?
Learning and deepening roots; Building for the future.
What do you wish people asked you more about?
About my favorite people and places. I love to rave about the lovely people I know and places I’ve been that hold a lil piece of my heart! I also love to talk about van life, meaning of life hehe, primitive skills, and dreams.
What do you value most in a relationship?
Wholesome goodness! Also authenticity, maybe a tad of eccentricity, and just an attitude that’s down to have fun.
Two truths and a lie:
I have broken my femur twice. I caught a piranha with a stick, string, and hook in the Amazon. I worked on a sail boat as a galley maid and then graduated to first mate.
What’s a typical bike.club like for you?
I roll up barely on time to see a bunch of friends chatting before we ride. Lucas tells us the dangers of cars being sharks and how we are a school of fish and then we cruise. I bike by Norman and Weston to hear their highs and lows, Grace gives me her dog count of the day and lets me know about her side quests, Kelly tells me about her weekly adventures, Jordan tells me he’s been in Oregon or something crazy, then I meet someone new who is stoked to be there, cruise by Annie and we make sound effects as we zoom to the front to jam out to Cannon’s playlist before we make it to Roha where Andrew has graciously set up the best sauna in all the land. There is often a DJ just playin music as people eat from Taco Daddy’s food truck as Lucas hands out stickers. 10/10 night.
Why do you go to bike club?
I go to bike club for the community. And to hear Lucas’s school of fish speech. It's accepting, playful, and a happy group of people who just want to connect and cruise. Life is better with these people in it, who are now some of my closest friends in SLC.
I had just moved to SLC and joined bike club in December after seeing it on the gram. I joined in the darkest part of the year and not only did it change how I viewed SLC in winter (I now think winter riding sooo fun) but it also led me to the legendary Annie Joseph! Annie happened to grow up in my same home town at the same time I did but our paths never crossed until a fateful Wednesday evening at bike club. Annie and I then started a very unhinged sewing group with Colin and we sew almost every Tuesday night together.
Final take aways?
Bike club takes us places in town I would never have gone. It’s also helped me realize just how accessible everything is by bike plus I now play a fun game to try to see if I recognize any biker riding by me in SLC… It has really helped Salt Lake feel more like a community. Especially when you see Pickle Doug on the corner of Smith’s parking lot, or Patrick and Dylan at a Sierra Ferrell concert. Bike club just has the coolest cats that join and you can make like thirty new friends in one night. Incredible. I go to bed with a smile on my face every Wednesday night hehe.
