To Bike is to Human

     Growing up, most people are taught to bike. Like learning to walk, biking has been a part of growing older for many years. A right of passage of sorts, some people remember the day they've learned to bike vividly, while some (like myself) don't remember learning how to bike at all. 

     Later on in life, everyone comes back to biking for different reasons. For me it was in the summer of 2005. My dad had always been an avid biker growing up so I was no a stranger to the sport. I was 16 years old, and one day, I decided I wanted to buy a bike. I worked my butt off and saved $350 of my own hard earned money and bought a Trek 3700, the same bike I ride to date. Sure it might not be the most expensive bike. Or a bike with all the bells and whistles. But it's mine. 

     I believe that if you treat your bike right, it'll be by your side for many years to come. Like an old friend, a person and their bike share times and moments of deep serenity. More than that, biking connects a person to a time honored tradition passed on from person to person. Biking makes you human. 

- Ruzzel Zullo