AAA has found an appropriate way to celebrate National Bicycle Safety Month. Roadside assistance is now available in Illinois for members who are bike riders.
Spokeswoman Beth Mosher says AAA began offering bicycle service in several other states first, and the most common calls are for flat tires and chains that have fallen off.
"So, while we do try to get our members who are traveling by auto on the go by providing them gas, or change their tire, that type of thing. Unfortunately, many of our technicians are not quite at the bicycle technician level yet. So we're going to get them home, get them to the nearest bike shop."
The new service is only offered along streets or highways, but not out in the woods.
"We know that a lot of bike riders are out there on bike trails and that sort of thing, and our vehicles cannot off-road onto a bike trail. They cannot go into a forest preserve, type of thing. So, we do ask that folks be on a regular road, where we can get to them"
And depending on your AAA membership, classic, plus, or premier, you and your bike can be driven up to 5, 100, or 200 miles.
