Women on Wheels

Gigi Beaird doesn't look like the leader of a women's motorcycle group. Sitting in her office at Northern Illinois University recently, she looks like the 45-year-old grants and contracts administrator she is. She's wearing a bubble gum pink suit that completely covers her tattoo and photos of her two children adorn a filing cabinet in the corner. But directly behind her, a red motorcycle helmet stands ready for her commute home. “We're just moms and regular people,” she said of the North Central Illinois Wild Roses. “Our chapter is mostly women in their late 30s and up, and they come from all walks of life.” Beaird started the Wild Roses, a chapter of international motorcycle organization Women On Wheels, earlier this year. An avid motorcy