We Ride Bikes nonprofit makes connections through bike rides

Reporter's Note: This article originally published in the July 6, 2021 edition of The Shelbyville News.

“We just want to love people with bikes.”

Shelbyville resident Celi Taggart started local nonprofit We Ride Bikes in 2019 after learning about the world-wide program Cycling Without Age.

“In 2019, I had been doing a lot of bike rides with my kids and really enjoying that time with them,” she said. “One day, I was watching a story on video of a woman who was working through tough life circumstances and my thought watching that was, ‘I want to take you on a bike ride. ... Let’s just take a break and enjoy the outdoors and enjoy each other and the movement of the bicycles and the fresh air and exercise.’”

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