Ready to ride and roll: Pandemic pastimes get more Memphians outdoors

But skates, bikes in short supply

<strong>Ali Manning (right) teaches Shambrika Randle (left) some dance moves in front of Beale Streat Landiing. Manning grew up ice skating and has now recruited about 15 women to join her twice a week to skate</strong>. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)

Ali Manning (right) teaches Shambrika Randle (left) some dance moves in front of Beale Streat Landiing. Manning grew up ice skating and has now recruited about 15 women to join her twice a week to skate. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)

Elle Perry
By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 18, 2020 3:03 PM CT | Published: September 18, 2020 4:00 AM CT

Bicycles are selling like hotcakes, with customers in some places putting down deposits for bikes they won’t see until January. 

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Victory Bicycle Studio coronavirus Ali Manning Clark Butcher Bikesmith Landon Blankenship
Elle Perry

Elle Perry

The Memphis native and two-time University of Memphis graduate has written for publications including The Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Flyer and High Ground News, and previously served as coordinator of The Teen Appeal.


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