Redemption

[Nooch]

Nice read:

http://pvcycling.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/redemption/

[laupsi]

Wonderful Read! Thanks!!!

[josephr]

just kept riding....thats freakin awesome.

[soulspinner]

You never know. When I worked in a shop I sold a guy a bike who confided in me he had a terminal disease. After I sold him the bike he said he commuted to and from work and thought it (riding) was extending his life. Last I saw him was last year and I swear he looked better than when I sold him the bike in 2010....

[Louis]

And here I thought this thread was going to be about Lance...

[Shortsocks]

Lol. Great read. Thanks!

[velotel]

Awesome read. Thanks

[MattTuck]

Pretty damn cool.

of my friends who bike rarely to occasionally, the thing that always surprises me is how the lack of a pump to put air in the tires is a major impediment to their riding.

Good for him for getting through that first flat tire/mechanical and continuing on his journey.

[giverdada]

wicked read. made me happy just thinking about it. i always say that bikes save lives. i've seen the same kind of thing happen with volleyball kids we coach. getting out of low-income housing/lifestyle and making it somewhere, all because they came out and hit a ball and kept coming back. bikes like that. greatness.

[David Tollefson]

You just never know how a small gesture can change the course of history.

[biker72]

Great story.....:)
Thanks for posting.

[AgilisMerlin]

thank you for the story

[josephr]

of my friends who bike rarely to occasionally, the thing that always surprises me is how the lack of a pump to put air in the tires is a major impediment to their riding.


mcewen has a nice one for sale in the classifieds for $30 new with shipping. :)

I've got a ffriend who is in shape, but not good cycling shape...loaned him a pretty nice bike three months ago and he's barely got 100 miles on it. Its the whole lead a horse to water thing....drives me nuts. To me, thats whats so inspiring about this story is that something as simple as a bike ride can work out that which can take a man down a path of self-destruction.
Joe

[tuxbailey]

very nice. brought a smile.

[Raffy]

Awesome read (an I'm usually not much of a reader). Thanks for sharing!

[Ahneida Ride]

Amen !

[zap]

Great story-thanks for the link.

[weaponsgrade]

thanks, that's a nice story.