Bicycling Boom: Keeping Up With Pandemic-Fueled Demand

<p>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.</p> <p>Three local cycling experts discuss how a 19th-century invention is leaving a lot of modern-day Teslas in the dust.</p> <p><strong>GUESTS:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://fitwerx.com/about-us/our-staff/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marty Miserandino</a></strong>, owner, manager, and buyer of Fit Werx, a top rated bicycle store and bike fitting studio in Peabody, Massachusetts.</p> <p>Tom Rodi, marketing director for <strong><a href="https://parleecycles.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parlee Cycles</a></strong>, a bicycle manufacturer based in Beverly, Massachusetts.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/beeekaw?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Becca Wolfson</a></strong>, executive director of the <strong><a href="https://bostoncyclistsunion.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boston Cyclists Union</a></strong>.</p> <p><strong>Later in the show:</strong></p> <p>In Black families, it’s known as “The Talk”: the discussion Black parents have with their kids about what to do should they end up in an interaction with a police officer. The Talk takes on a new poignancy this Father’s Day as the nation mourns George Floyd, killed at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, and demonstrators protest the recent police killings of unarmed black men and women.</p> <p><strong>GUESTS:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://emmettprice.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emmett G. Price III</a></strong>, professor of worship, church and culture, and founding executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Chri