eighty-two; Paul, Felt Single Speed with Coaster Brakes

He’s got a year clean, but tells me that’s nothing in “user time,”
His habit started with a broken back and a prescription, and it ended with o.d.-ing twice in one week.
OC took away a lot of good memories (childhood tinkering on old single speeds) and burned in new ones (the phone number of his former dealer).
Last week he celebrated his birthday by signing the lease to his own bike shop, building a new life around an old passion.
And though he doesn’t claim to be an artist,
He welds $20 yard sale finds into $1000 track bikes.