Without a doubt, this bike will help her be more active & gain better control of her diabetes, which will help offset the terrible complications that occur with this disease. But for those unfamiliar with diabetes, an insulin dependent diabetic will always require insulin injections. Unfortunately, in these cases, one can only become ‘insulin independent’ when a cure is found.

Again, it’s really good to see a program such as this one exists. It’s great to see deserving people recognized.

Contestants had to submit a 100-word essay on how a bicycle could change his/her life, and the winner described how she was recently diagnosed with diabetes.

Thanks for chiming in, though — we’re all very glad she won and hope that the bicycle is her vehicle to insulin-independence!

I noted this article doesn’t mention that the essay had to say how a bike would change your life. She wrote about being a recently diagnosed insulin dependent diabetic. It’s great she won this bike in many ways.

I was just informed by Karen Kress that the winner of the 2009 Words For Wheels contest is named Michelle Crabtree. Again, congratulations, Michelle! Happy riding!