Austeja
I was always a fan of cycling - doing little touring trips as a kid with my parents in Lithuania, as a teenager observing in awe my older brother pulling tricks on a bmx, or as an adult ditching my car commute to work for a bike ride in the summer months.
But my REAL bike love started once I moved to Vancouver 6 years ago. Biking was the only affordable way of transportation, and the fastest one; after all these years it has turned into way more than just a form of transportation. I will never forget how fascinated I was to see how many cyclists commute to work every morning here in Vancouver - from little kids all by themselves going to school, mothers loaded with multiple kids on cargo bikes and all the other daily commuters. Soon enough, I surrounded myself with an amazing community by volunteering at Chill Rides, bike packed in so many beautiful places around BC and the USA and saved my sanity by getting all that fresh air during grueling covid months.
I can not be more grateful for all the joy, friends, freedom and adventures these two wheels have given me! I am a huge advocate of cycling and I am here to spread the word around.'
