My name is Sandy Spears and I work at BGI South and this is the story of my first bike ride of 2010. I like many others have been itching to get outside and ride bicycles, the weather on the other hand has not cooperated, unleashing on the city mounds of snow and bitter cold temperatures. This past Sunday however, held the promise of warmer temps enticing me to make a date with my bike and my friend, I was not going to let this opportunity slip through my pedals. Donned in my cold weather clothing I loaded my bike on to the car rack and made my way downtown to meet my friend. They sky was cloudy and the streets were wet and sloppy from a light misting of rain and melting snow, I knew my bike was going to be a mess before I even started to ride, but I didn’t care I was not to be denied this day or the anticipation of the simple pleasure of being back on my bicycle. On the road we encountered a wide array of conditions including puddles of water, sheets of ice, piles of shoveled snow and light drizzling rain. Now you might be thinking that’s a little reckless getting out on a road bike in those conditions. Rest assured this was not a job for my road bike, nor would I be using one of my mountain bikes or my hybrid, no this ride was going to take a very special type of bike to handle these conditions. I would need to use my sweet little single speed Trek Wasabi for this journey. Oh the fun that was had that day as we rode around the Canal and White River trails. We barely noticed the 39-degree temperature and wet feet as we pedaled away the 14.5 miles made up our adventure. Ah, how could it possibly get any better? Well you end it all with a shared meal and more relevant conversation. “Life is Good”
Name: Sandra Spears
Bicycle: Trek SS Wasabi
City: Indianapolis
State: IN
Name: Sandra Spears
Bicycle: Trek SS Wasabi
City: Indianapolis
State: IN
We had 8 women ready to ride on July 2 from 
She remembered how to balance and brake very well from her first lesson. But now I needed to put the seat at the proper height and have her work on stopping and starting with the new seat location. We worked a bit outside during her second lesson, but it was cut short by rain. But the rain didn’t dampen her determination to learn.
Keyla's third lesson was a short bike ride just west of the store to get her acclimated to closer to real world situations and practicing stopping and starting in a large empty parking lot, using the parking lot lines as stop lines.
Bicycle Garage Indy President and Founder Randy Clark presented Mayor Ballard with two framed Indy BikeWays maps with hundreds of bicyclists signatures collected at BGI’s stores. (Thanks to BGI customers for signing the maps!)
Drop by Bicycle Garage Indy and take a look at 
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