Travis Nelson had no idea when he first started taking fluffy feline Sigrid out for bike rides that it would turn into a one-man, one-cat mission to cheer people up along the way
What started as a lockdown activity for Travis Nelson, taking his fluffy feline Sigrid out and about on his bike, has turned into a one-man, one-cat mission to bring positivity and cheer to the people they meet on their way
When his cat Sigrid starts yowling at the front door of his flat, Travis Nelson knows she is ready for her bike ride. Yes, you read that correctly â a bike ride. His white, deaf Norwegian forest cat happily sits in a basket at the front of Travis’s bike, while he pedals around London for up to three hours at a time, taking in the sights â and hissing at any unfortunate dogs they pass.
When Travis started taking Sigrid out on the bike during lockdown in 2020, he was so surprised by the warm reaction from passers-by that he started filming their adventures. And the pair quickly became an internet sensation. Now they have thousands of fans all over the world, with 146,000 Instagram followers and 793,000 on TikTok.
“We do get a lot of strange glances,” explains Travis, 47. “People are often quite surprised to see a cat on a bike, but they love to see her and often give her a wave and smile. When I realised she was spreading so much joy, I started filming our rides so I could spread that joy to more people.”