James Lamm
Wilson, NC

Started in 2007, it attracts over 200 cyclists at the high school of 3000.

Thanks for all the positive feed back and to answer Darren I’m headed to Syracuse NY to play hockey this fall and winter hopefully pick up a scholarship while I’m out there, and then go into political science but event planning has crossed my mind! KNIGHTS RIDE TOGETHER!

“That’s something I’d like to see changed.” — I hope you’ll consider studies and pursuing a career fixing these obstacles, whether it’s planning, engineering, politics, or whatever.

There is that old expression, “better to ask forgiveness than ask permission”. In this case, it was certainly true, and the egg facials worn by school administrators were well deserved.

We need to fix our roads so they are less one-dimensional for sure, ie, make them complete streets. But even with normal roads, we need to encourage cycling and discourage bad driving.

When I was a kid in rural Alden, N.Y. (east of Buffalo), I lived about seven miles from our school. It was not uncommon to ride all the way to school, and that involved riding on roads like U.S. 20, NY 33 and Walden Avenue, all high speed roads and truck routes. It was also common for adults to respect the rights of us kids to have our independent mobility. With Helicopter Parents nowdays doing just the opposite, I am glad I am not a kid in this era of over-protection and irresponsible driving.

Three cheers for the graduating class of Kenowa Hills High, and all the best as they enter the real world. Keep fighting the good fight, and always challenge authority.