NOT KIDDING: Don't deathtrap your bike
“Parents who pedal around on the street with their kids in those deathtraps attached to the back of their bike belong in fucking prison.”
— CHAD HOLT.
Editor-publisher of Whoopsy! magazine and subject of the documentary “Total Badass.”
(Photo: Truitt Ray, 2015.)
Editor-publisher of Whoopsy! magazine and subject of the documentary “Total Badass.”
(Photo: Truitt Ray, 2015.)
Trans... portation
RESPECTED BY HER PIER:
This dock on the Colorado River is where Easy Rider Pedicab chauffeur Haven A’Helia Kay was christened “The Duchess Von Synglespeid.”
(Photo: Daniel Kusner, 2015.)
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I was born in Andrews, Texas, which is in the Permian Basin just outside of Odessa....My dad was a pastor....I graduated high school in Lufkin and I moved to Austin for college — to follow a girl who broke up with me two weeks before I got here....
Of all the cities I’ve lived in, Austin is my favorite.... I started pedicabbing in fall of 2011... I want my passengers to have fun. I want them to talk. I want us to learn about each other while I show them the city. People fall into this habit of climbing into a cab and not talking — other than telling me where to go. A pedicab is intended to be a social experience, which really fits in with the design of the bike. Because a pedicab is open-air instead of a confined space.... I identify as a queer trans-woman. I also identify as lesbian. I’ve hooked up with guys but the experience has never been sexually satisfying. I’m extremely sapphic and blunt... My cab isn’t very personalized. My last bike had a sticker that said, “A Woman Who Does Not Require Validation From Anyone Is The Most Feared Individual On The Planet”.... Another sticker said, “Sorry If I Missed Church. I’ve Been Busy Practicing Witchcraft And Becoming A Lesbian”.... I always play music for passengers. Sometimes I play death metal, which inspires me to crush it while pedaling. Death metal also pisses people off. I like rap, too. Like third-eye rap, which references spirituality. Sometimes I play country music. Because who doesn’t like Hank Williams? I like being near the river. This is the same pier — the Four Seasons is nearby — where my friend dubbed me “The Duchess Von Synglespeid,” because I ride a fixed-gear bike. But I’m very connected to water. I drink tons of water. Staying hydrated is a big part of this job. I’m also on antiandrogens, which is a potassium-strained diuretic. So that means I piss a lot. My spirit animal is a squid. My sun sign is a Sagittarius, but I’m secretly a Scorpio — Scorpio dominant, and my Venus is in Taurus.... I’m a very perceptual person. My style is “scary-cute.” You don’t know if I’m going to kiss you on the face and make you cookies. Or just stab you. |
