Bike People is a friendly community-oriented bike shop coming late 2024 to Factory Arts South in Downtown Indianapolis.
“Bike People of Indy” is a new bike-centered podcast interview series by the shop featuring both new and familiar characters you may spot rolling the streets of downtown Indianapolis. If you enjoy this series, please become a Bike People Cycling Club member today by becoming a paid member to this Substack, all proceeds directly support the opening of Bike People, a friendly community-oriented bike shop coming late 2024 to Factory Arts South in Downtown Indianapolis.
This week’s episode feature’s a very familiar face in the Indy bike scene, Mauricio Acosta. You may recognize him from his previous work at Freewheelin’ Community Bikes, Bicycle Garage Indy, and his various messenger jobs downtown delivering food via bike. He has always leaned into empowering Indy’s youth via bicycles, and currently does this with local non-profit 913 Sports. He’s also a big fan of Bike Party and attends often.
Mauricio is a very talented bike mechanic, craftsman, and worker of physical materials. He enjoys crafting and fabricating with metals, make sure next time you see him to say hi and ask him to show you his rings made of old spoons and cutlery. He is a people-person, easy to talk to, super-chill, and a real treasure for the Indy bike community to have here. We hope you enjoy this episode where Mauricio shares his passion for bikes, promoting the bike life, and his love of biking Indy!
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