ABSTRACT
This chapter expresses that bicycle professionals tended to understand inequity as something they could fix through learning to speak in the name of historically marginalized groups. It presents the othering of people of color activists' concerns in organized bicycling. Activists have expanded the definition of environment from wilderness conservation to protecting where we live, where we work, and where we play. This is why practices and policies relating to street design, transportation modes, and other claims on public space merit an environmental justice (EJ) analysis. Decentering whiteness in organized bicycling will mean welcoming diverse perspectives and strategies so that accommodating other racialized norms is not a burden that falls on the shoulders of people of color participants. Organized bicycling should take the opportunity offered by the enthusiasm of the women of Red, Bike and Green (RBG) and many other rides and collectives now existing across the country.
