Some rides and great moments of cycling are best left to an image. Cross riding brought me and friends out along this dock where a combination of weather, natural surroundings, random turns, and great company made for this shot. As you can see, we were not quite daring enough to take our bikes across the water, but I will say that the day felt so good that it almost seemed like we should have given it a try. We headed back to dirt trails just as the photo was being snapped. Emily Gresh
My story of cancer survival at a young age and how I came to cycling from dancing is but one story among many powerful stories. While my current bike may be of my own original design, it is now one of many Inspire bikes out there being ridden. The bike has been sold out for awhile, all three hundred of the bikes initially produced by Giant. A second production run of two hundred more bikes is becoming available to retailers now.
Each rider with an Inspire bike has her own singular story, how she came to choose that design, whether the bike came as a gift, or was purchased in its own right. For some, the bike is simply just a cool looking bike. For others, it has particular significance and meaning. Whatever the reason for coming into possession of the bike, I couldn’t be more pleased that more and more women are taking up cycling and getting out on the road. And there are inherent joys in cycling…regardless of the bike you ride. Emily Gresh
A nice mention in Bicycle Retailer And Industry News, link below:
Bicycle Retailer
via Monday News Briefs.
Inspire, friends, and a summer ride. Many summer rides. Mornings and evenings I am pushing the edges of daylight and the margins of evening darkness to enjoy every second on my bike. Happy riding. Emily Gresh
A double espresso post-ride. I parked my bike and the three of us sat down. This is life. Simple and great. We rode 35 miles, windy day, people heading home. There are smiles all around. I watch my bike. I watch the faces around me. I know that life is just this good. I would still like to believe that having cancer didn’t change me, but it did change me. As I mentioned in an earlier post, every day always mattered to me, but now every day matters even more. It really is exquisite. Moment by moment, one brilliant day, one ride, espresso and faces all there to be enjoyed. You can see that even as I’m parking my bike, I’m smiling. Emily Gresh
Feeling the love for my Avail Inspire bicycle. If you wake up to a bike like this everyday, rain or shine, you will want to ride it. Here is my bike on the back of my car before a ride with some nice detail visible. I will add that thanks to a generous partnership between the Young Survival Coalition and Giant Bicycles, the survivors participating in the Tour de Pink who are in need of a bicycle will receive one of my bikes…compliments of Giant. Giant love of that. I hope to see many Inspires out there on the Tour. Emily Gresh
Emily On A Bicycle 