As a lifelong bike rider, Mary has always appreciated the quiet of an empty street. “One of my funny life stories is that I was raised in a neighborhood that had houses on one side, and a graveyard on the other. My siblings and I learned to ride bikes on the silent roads of the cemetery.” When Mary grew up and started her own family, biking became a way to spend time with the kids. “Charlie and I, married 42 years this March, rode around our neighborhood and used child seats to include the boys. But as I got older and my kids got bigger, it became challenging to keep my miles up.” Until her neighbor came home with a Blix. “I immediately realized this might be a solution to my increasingly arthritic joints. I did some research, watched some reviews and when I saw the Aveny, I remember thinking, ‘that’s the one!’ We ordered one for our condo in Florida because my husband could walk about any distance, but I could not. Immediately my neighbor said, He’ll never keep up with you. So we ordered two! That was August, 2017, I think, and by Christmas, we were hooked. We ordered two more for our Louisville home as our Christmas presents.” Like many others, the decision was life changing. “Since I have other joints failing, my Blix is my primary exercise. And I am convinced that the difference between me as a sad and sedentary person, and me as an active explorer is my Blix Aveny. It is not an exaggeration to say that my ebike got me through the pandemic. I have almost 2,600 miles on my Louisville bike and about 1,000 on the vacation bike. I am beyond grateful!”