Bicycle Friendly Business

Blue Wheel Bicycles | Bronze Level

Business Highlights: For this Charlottesville retailer, "bikes are part of a simple solution to many complex problems." Blue Wheel Bicycles is walking the walk by generously supporting local and national bicycles advocacy groups. The business offers employees on-site showers, maintenance supplies, and a bike repair station. There is ample secure and covered bike parking for employees while guests have convenient bike parking adjacent to the store entrance.  A company bike club helps get employees and other club members out riding and participating in local and regional bicycling events. Blue Wheel Bicycles is a true leader in creating and strengthening the Charlottesville bicycle community.

Most Compelling Bike Related Statistic: 100% of current staff commutes by bicycle majority of work days.

Most compelling recent Bike Related accomplishment: Blue Wheels Bicycles promotes Urban Cross @ Ix IV, a cyclocross race around the grounds of the former Frank Ix & Sons Fabric Mill in Downtown Charlottesville.  It is a day of fun and excitement for over 200 racers from around the region and spectators from the community.

Benefits of Being Bike Friendly: "I am in the bike business not because it is an easy way to make a lot of money, but because I deeply enjoy the physical and psychological benefits of riding.  Furthermore, I recognize, in the words of Trek's 'One world, two wheels' program that bicycles are part of a solution to many complex problems.  Facilitating the use of bicycles for a variety of reasons by employees is a natural extension of these ideas." - Roger Friend, owner