Pete Piccolo -Career Pivots & Bike Advocacy

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Hey friends, please meet Pete! (Today (11/10) is also his birthday so let’s please give him a shout-out, some thanks and virtual high-fives today ! I know Pete as a result of being in the bike advocacy world - he’s the ED of Bicycle Colorado, Colorado’s top and most effective statewide bicycle advocacy organization. He’s been there for a few years now and our paths have understandably crossed as a result of our work in this realm. Yet somehow I’ve also always known he came from outside of the world of bikes prior to taking this role, and I felt called to host him on the show here once I announced my retirement. I don’t know why I had that idea, it just felt like the right time to sit down and have this chat with him -and it was! Also yes you read that right - on 10/21/21, I announced my retirement from my work as TheCyclist-Lawyer. The truth inside me has been welling up for some time and I was honestly making myself sick trying to outrun it, avoid it, out work it, muscle through it. More on this for another time and show- I’ve got a lot to share as I continue to unpack this transition I’m in. So Pete and I —we barely skimmed the surface on the bike advocacy questions and topics I wanted to cover with him so I’m hoping we can do a part 2 soon. For now- check this one out and be inspired— to pivot in life and in work, AND, to get involved in ANY WAY you possibly can, in bike advocacy or in whatever realm of service in any topic that touches you. The world needs us ALL rolling up our sleeves getting more involved! Read more about Pete (and Bicycle Colorado) here: https://www.bicyclecolorado.org/bike-news/bicycle-colorado-names-peter-piccolo-executive-director/