A bicycling boom has emerged amid the pandemic as people search for a socially distanced outlet for recreation and a safer mode of transportation. Most bike stores are besieged by the demand from would-be bike buyers for just about anything on two wheels. Mechanics, too, are overwhelmed by massive waitlists of customers’ requests for a tune-up on their old bikes — some of which have been dragged out from the basement for the first time in years.
Three local cycling experts discuss how a 19th-century invention is leaving a lot of modern-day Teslas in the dust.
GUESTS:
Marty Miserandino , owner, manager, and buyer of Fit Werx, a top rated bicycle store and bike fitting studio in Peabody, Massachusetts.
Tom Rodi, marketing director for Parlee Cycles , a bicycle manufacturer based in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Becca Wolfson , executive director of the Boston Cyclists Union .
