Photo by Mark Pace/Chattanooga Times Free Press — Piper Gibson cleans her bike on Virginia Avenue on August 11, 2019. The 6-year-old set up a bike cleaning business along the bike path.Piper Gibson sits along Virginia Avenue waiting for customers to stop by her new business.
So far, not many have come in its first few weeks, but the 6-year-old remains hopeful people will bring their bikes for a cleaning as summer turns to its final stretch.
Piper operates a bike cleaning shop on the Virginia Avenue Greenway along the gravel pull through that is 50th Avenue between 49th and 51st. She came up with the idea earlier this summer when a group of friends wanted to clean their bikes. She decided to make a business of it. She drew a sign on a piece of wood and went outside near her dad’s St. Elmo home.
“Bike cleaning shop. $3 – clean frame. $1 – clean tires. Proprietor – Piper Gibson.”
The first day she opened was tough.