Meet our Bicycle Ambassadors

Ambassadors are friendly and knowledgeable cyclists who provide information on bike safety, routes, and events and classes going on around Seattle. They can be found at transportation fairs, green festivals, Bike Sundays, parks, and wherever else bike questions can be answered.

BRIAN BOTHOMLEY

Wheels: Trek 8500 modified as a commuter bike, a Trek 6500 converted to an E-Bike with Wilderness Energy kit and another Trek 6500 mountain bike.
Commute: Ballard to any Ambassador event that I am attending.
Dream Vacation: I have travelled to many countries but I still have not crossed the USA, so that will be my trip someday and maybe by bike.

Brian was born in 1947 and grew up in mid-Wales, UK. He came to the USA in 1972 and has lived in California and Washington. Seattle captured him in 1975, and he have been here ever since.

Brian has had many jobs since dropping out of art college in 1969, including being a weaver, a street musician (busker) a house painter and a gardener. He also worked in hospitals as an orderly and a surgical technician. Brian finally settled down as a transit operator with Metro Transit, where he drove the Monorail and the Waterfront Street Car and worked in the money counting center along with driving regular buses. He finally found a job as a computer network administrator with Metro in the early 1990s and stayed there until retiring in 2004 from what was then King County/Metro.

Brian commuted from Ballard to downtown by bicycle for more than 10 years and remains committed to bicycling as a non polluting form of travel, for commuting, shopping and recreational use. He is also a vegan and an animal rights activist who loves hiking, walking his dog, drinking micro brews and listening to all types of music.

LINDSAY DONNELLON

Wheels: 1983 Univega Gran Sprint, JC Higgins Cruiser
Favorite Ride: Backroads in the Green Mountain State of Vermont

Lindsay grew up in New Jersey. Living in the birthplace of suburbia and the car-centric mentality, Lindsay still maintained owning and using a bicycle, a habit she’s had since age five. Contrary to what her dear friends and family in New Jersey and Vermont believe, life does not necessitate owning a motor-vehicle. After spending seven years in her Vermont college town, she moved to Seattle just nine months ago with her partner, Ezra. When Lindsay is not exploring by bicycle she enjoys silversmithing, yoga, cooking and finding ways to be involved in community.

SANDER LAZAR

Sander grew up mostly in Salt Lake City, and loves skiing, but you can’t get around Seattle by skiing. He moved to the Northwest five years ago, and recently received his master’s in urban planning from the University of Washington. A couple years ago he saw the movie “The Secret,” but wasn’t impressed. The real secret is biking – to closer places and more faraway places like San Francisco, his destination last summer. He prefers wearing street clothes while riding, but will don Lycra when it benefits him. He’s been a casual, unofficial ambassador for this means of transportation and fun for several years and is psyched to do so now under the banner of Cascade since he’ll reach more people more often with the gospel.

MORGAN SCHERER

Morgan is a homeschooling mother, dancer and bicyclist. She’s been bike commuting for 16 years and using bicycling for transportation with her family for nine. Her passion is family cycling, and she loves to help parents figure out how to make cycling as transportation work for them and their kids. She puts together a Family Bike Expo every June, where families can try out more than ten different family cycling set-ups. She also is a professional modern/belly dancer, and you can see her perform at cabarets and nightclubs around town.