This is just the beginning...
The beginning of Josie the Paralympian. The beginning of evolving the bicycle industry to include all bodies. The beginning of a new cycling discipline without boundaries and limits: gravel.
Before the making of Go Josie, self-proclaimed mad scientist Josie Fouts was "normal." She worked a 9-to-5 job that was underpaid, prioritized finishing her work over social events, and commuted by bike 28 miles a day. She did it all with only one hand.
Even after quitting her dream job to train full-time as a cyclist, she still considered herself "normal," entering able-bodied stage races, crits, and circuits and training without adaptations. She stayed in the big chainring or rode 1x, used only the front brake, and rode without prosthetics.
This short film highlights a pivotal point not only in Josie's cycling journey, but also in how the bicycle is helping her understand herself on a deeper level.
When Josie sees what other paracyclists, Katie Walker and Leo Rodgers, can do with customized prosthetics and bikes designed to fit their unique bodies, it empowers her to embrace her own physical form too. She's anything but normal.
By building a gravel bike from scratch, she realizes that being too stubborn to ask for help will get her nowhere fast. With customized adaptations to her bike, she can begin to reach her full potential.
Bicycles are changing Josie's life, one ride at a time.
Go Josie.
