Becoming a bike dude

In May 2009 I started working in a bike shop. I can’t fix bikes, I don’t know much about bikes at all, but I’ve always had a thing for bikes anyway.

Fortunately for all involved, my job is mainly doing paperwork in the back office. And also some marketing. And also some retail. At some point soon after I started, my boss said to me, “You need to become more of a bike dude.”

Here I am, almost a year later, and I’m still working at the bike shop tackling mountains of paperwork. I’m also embarking on a journey to medically transition from female to male. Though I’ve been out as transgender since I started working here, the medical transition thing is new.  In March, I started taking testosterone in order to masculinize my body. My doctor kept telling me, “This is a great time to pick up healthier habits!”

I reckon she’s right. And I figured that putting these two trips together — becoming more of a bicyclist and becoming more of a dude — would make an all right blog.

Plus if I write about this biking business I’m more likely to do it.