Motivational Monday, a Monday tradition at Bike Shop Girl, my goal to keep you motivated and to be striving on the bike even during a hard week or long hours at work. Are you a woman that bicycles? Fill out this easy form and be part of our motivational movement!

This month’s Motivational Monday posts are brought to you by one of my personal favorites, Light & Motion. Between now and the end of June, Light & Motion wants to know who or what in the cycling community motivates  you. All you have to do us leave a comment here or on Light & Motions’ Facebook page. At the end of the month we’ll be choosing one lucky winner to score a brand new VIS 360 commuter light!

I am very excited about this weeks Motivational Monday.  It took some prodding, and she may have been clueless of why she was answering the questions but I bring you the person I refer to often as my better half.  Kimberlee Welsand.  She personally keeps me motivated, and inspired daily.  I can easily say without her this past fall after my accident – there would be no bike shop girl. I would have become someone else, but not a cyclist.  One of my larger goals for 2011 is to get her back on the bike as often as possible following a horrible ankle/foot trauma.

What’s your name and location?

Kimberlee Welsand, North Carolina

What type of cycling do you enjoy?

Road, I’m learning MTB but have a love/hate relationship with it that needs to be smoothed out.

What is your first cycling memory?

Started seasonal road riding in the summer of 2005.

Who inspires you to ride or better yourself in cycling, and better yet WHY?

Arleigh because she makes me get on the bike.

What was your best moment on a bike in 2010?

I don’t remember if I was on a bike in 2010 (See below)

In the next year, what are your goals with cycling and pushing yourself forward in 2011?

My goal in the year of 2011 is to actually get onto the bike outside again. I had recently recuperated from an ankle injury that prevented the fitness aspect of my life.

Wanna Know About my Bikes?

Trek Madone SSL
Gary Fisher HiFi Deluxe (Pink)
Surly 1×1 cruiser (Pink)