Ep. 52 - Cinthia Pedraza
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Cinthia Pedraza calls Austin, Texas home. Some recent experiences in her hometown led her to write an article titled "Bike Racing, White Privilege, and the Coronavirus" that was published on The Radavist. As you can imagine she was praised by some and targeted by others. Personally, I'm grateful for her willingness to share her perspective on a touchy subject when the world feels poised to cancel anyone who expresses opinions that don't align with their own. My platform seeks to be an antidote to this and instead wants to be a safe place for people to share their stories and perspectives. It is through these conversations that we can learn, grow, and help to inform our own opinions. I applaud Cinthia for taking the initiative to share a hard thing, on a sensitive topic, that is directed to HER cycling community.
A nod to John Watson, of The Radavist, is in order as well. As you'll hear, when Cinthia wasn't able to get her article published, she put it on her instagram account. John got wind of it and asked if he could publish it on his site, and the rest is history....
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Bikes or Death podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | My name is Patrick and I am so happy that you're here. |
| 0:06.0 | When I collaborated with Lewis Sador on my last episode, |
| 0:11.0 | he does something kind of cool at the beginning of his podcast |
| 0:15.0 | where he thanks his patrons that signed up for that week. |
| 0:18.0 | And I thought that was a great idea. |
| 0:20.0 | And so I'm going to copy them. |
| 0:21.7 | This week's new patrons are Gordon M., Kathy D., Shannon O, Tony B, Ash, W., Chad B, and Jason B. |
| 0:34.3 | Just want to give a shout out to those and every other Patreon and everyone out there that |
| 0:38.7 | supports the show. I couldn't do it without y'all. If you want to support the show, please head |
| 0:44.0 | over to Bikes for Death.com and pretty much the whole thing is an advertisement for Bikes for Death. |
| 0:49.1 | Surprising. I know. It's a revolutionary website stuff going on here. And as always, if you can take a moment |
| 0:56.0 | and head over to iTunes and leave a five-star review, that's actually the best. It helps a ton. |
| 1:01.4 | I appreciate it. And it helps other people find out about the show so that they can enjoy |
| 1:05.3 | this super awesome content just like you are right about now. All right, this week's guest is Cynthia Pedraza. |
| 1:13.8 | I met up with her in Austin, Texas. We met outside at a little park, and it was a great chat. |
| 1:21.1 | I appreciate her so much coming on the episode, because what we're talking about today is not |
| 1:26.2 | necessarily the easiest conversation |
| 1:27.9 | to have. She wrote an article that was published on the Radovist, entitled Bike Racing, White |
| 1:33.1 | Privilege, and the coronavirus. Now, if you are a triggered person, that title might trigger you. |
| 1:40.9 | But I would encourage you to listen to this episode with an open mind and understand |
| 1:45.8 | that what is really valuable and what is needed so desperately at this time in our society |
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