Bicycle Friendly Business

Out Spoke'N Bike Shops, Inc. | Silver Level

Business Highlights: The employees of Out Spoke’N Bike Shop support bicycling in their own lives and serve as advocates to customers.  Cycling to and from the shop is made safer with direct access of a bike trail and adjacent to streets with bike lanes and economically appealing with cash incentives for commuters.  All Out Spoke’N employees are Traffic Safety certified and teach safety classes that are offered three times a year.  The shop has a fleet of bikes that are used for an employee bike demo program.  They also have an employee bike club and sponsor a bike team and individual riders.  With more secure bike parking available than car parking, the culture and message of Out Spoke’N, clearly favors the bicycle.  As a bike store, Out Spoke’N effectively uses its resources to reach out to the community and promote cycling.  For example, their informal mentorship program pairs commuters with similar routes and invites new commuters to join the shop team on rides.  The shop arranges social rides, hosts maintenance clinics every month, and distributes bicycling information.  The shop is working alongside the City of Lake Mary, Seminole County Florida, and Florida Bicycle Association to make the area more bike-friendly.