Where do you live?
Harlem

 

What do you ride?
Unknown LV1 track bike

 

Do you ride with a group?
Cogs & Cassettes

 

What is your favorite place to ride in NYC?
Lower Manhattan

 

What is your favorite destination in or around NYC?
West Side bike path at the 79^th Street Boat Basin. You can see all of Jersey City and the boats and some pretty nice yachts docked there.

 

What is your favorite post-ride meal?
The Get Rich Quick sushi roll at Juice Press.

 

How long have you been biking?
I’ve been riding track bikes since I was 16 – I was a sophomore in high school.

 

Why did you start biking?
Basically to save money so I could spend money on other things besides the MTA. I also liked having full control of how I got somewhere. Let’s say I’ve got to be at work at 8:15AM; I know that I’m going to get there by my own power, my own will–not waiting for train traffic, or dealing with too many train passengers in this or that car. I like having complete control over how I got to my destination.

 

What do you love most about biking in NYC?
Laps in Central Park. Catching the wave on 1^st Avenue going uptown. I love the commitment that people bring to the table as far as looking out for one another—like friends who can lend a second bike to a friend whose bike was recently stolen, or pulling together a bike from spare parts for a fellow cyclist whose bike was stolen. What I’m doing for one of my teammates whose bike was stolen last weekend—me and my team got a frameset, wheelset, and all the other parts put together so now my teammate will have a bike to commute to work so he won’t have to buy a monthly MetroCard.

 

See more portraits of New York City cyclists at Preferred Mode.