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the underview.the mural with Paige Dirksen (ep 2b, 40).Send us a textIn this episode, we continue the story of the “All Bikes Welcome” mural, this time from the perspective of the artist, Paige Dirksen, whose vision and brushstrokes brought it into being. What began as a joyful community project with more than 80 participants under the 3rd Street bridge at Coler Mountain Bike Preserve became the center of one of Bentonville’s most divisive civic debates.Paige reflects on the joy of creating public art, the harm and exhaustion of months of controversy, and the sobering realization that inclusion itself was put on...
2025-09-091h 12
the underview.the mural with Dr. Rachel Olzer (ep 2b, 39).Send us a textIn this episode, Dr. Rachel Olzer, Executive Director of All Bikes Welcome, reflects on what the “All Bikers Welcome” mural symbolizes, the weight of the public fight both personally and professionally, and what it reveals about belonging in Northwest Arkansas. This conversation is not only about a mural, but about who gets to belong in public life, and how a city chooses to shape its character in the face of conflict.The mural itself, designed by artist Paige Dirksen and painted in collaboration with more than...
2025-09-021h 13
A Quick Brown FoxChapter 19: Rachel OlzerIn this chapter, we talk to organizer, storyteller, speaker, founder of Pedal2thePeople and current executive director of All Bikes Welcome, Dr. Rachel Olzer.
2024-02-2143 min
Girls Gone Gravel podcastRachel Olzer is Both Intense and Soft (Episode 117)We have heard many cyclists talk about how being on the bike brings them joy, but this week was different. This week, Kathryn and Kristi speak to Rachel about her journey to cycling and how they use biking to actualize joy - especially after 2020 and living in the center of a racial uprising. Rachel began mountain biking on a boyfriend's extra-large bike. Let's just say, this made them learn FAST. Rachel talks about her love of mountain bike racing and her lack of love for gravel racing. Finally, Rachel shares their experience living in Minneapolis after the...
2022-11-2949 min
BIPoC OutsideS2 E1 Rachel Olzer - Your Right to MoveRachel Olzer is a multi-sport athlete, co-founder of Pedal 2 the People, executive director of All Bikes Welcome, and a cyclist riding for Specialized, SRAM, Velocio, Saris and Hammerhead. We had the opportunity to sit down with Rachel to discuss building community, storytelling as a powerful tool, not resting on your privilege, and our right to move.
2022-05-131h 01
With PaceQuarantine Companion #13 with Rachel OlzerRachel Olzer is an activist, evolutionary biologist, and mountain biker, who has become a leading voice in the current wave of racial justice advocacy taking place across the world. As a transracial adoptee growing up in an all white family, she had to navigate the cognitive dissonance of a grandmother who vocalized deep-seated racism and a family whose conservative politics were directly at odds with her own experiences as a person of color. It wasn’t until she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota for college, however, that she encountered systemic racism and segregation on a large scale, in spite of th...
2020-07-141h 55