“YELLOW because I can SEE IT!”
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY!
21-year old Jessica is legally blind, but she just received her new adaptive bike from Variety, and it is something to make you smile!
When we first met Jessica at her bike fitting, she was so passionate about the color of her bike, and Jessica wanted YELLOW because she could see it – something no one realized until she told us.
At the presentation, Jessica shared in her own words what the bike means, by saying, “This will help me to get out and ride more and get exercise. I love the exercise!”
Her dad, Charlie also shared his excitement for the bike, by saying,
“Our family loves to ride bikes on the bike trails near our home.
Some of us have to run and hold onto a bike that Jessica is riding, or we have to rig a wagon to the back of our bikes just so we can all go together.
This bike opens a door to enjoy family bike rides. It will be so nice for us all to ride bikes together and be able to spend that family time enjoying exercise and the outdoors.
Jessica loves to exercise and having this special bike will mean our entire family can do this activity together.”
Jessica was a good reminder to me that you just don’t know who will want or love this equipment, and we should never make assumptions on who can ride a bike, even those with blindness or vision issues.