Scott Page

My hometown: Rochester

Where I call home now: Victor

How I got into cycling: In 1969, at age 5, it was the coolest thing ever.

My favorite roads to ride: Anything with hills south of Victor

My favorite trails to ride: Dryer Road Park

I most recently rode my: Kona Single Speed

My favorite bike ever is my: 2006 Gary Fisher Triton (steel single speed road bike) - still ride it

My dream bike is: Trek Super Caliber 9.9

I don’t leave for a ride without: My helmet

Best Cycling advice: Wear a helmet

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: It never gets easier, you just go faster

Shana Lydon

My hometown: Webster

Where I call home now: North Winton Village

How I got into cycling: I bought a bike from Full Moon Vista in 2005.

My favorite roads to ride: South and west of Rochester out towards Scottsville and Caledonia.

My favorite trails to ride: Dryer Road and Bay Park West - I haven't gotten to travel very far afield!

I most recently rode my: 2011 Madone on the trainer (shouldn't really count) and my winter Crockett.

My favorite bike ever is my: 2006 Lemond Croix de Fer - my first real road bike and the first bike I ever "raced".

My dream bike is: An Emonda SLR 9 etap.

I don’t leave for a ride without: Chapstick. It's a problem.

Best Cycling advice: Don't let yourself get gapped at the bottom of a climb - even if you do a complete packslide, if you can stay with the group by the time you reach the top, you're waaaaaay better off.

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: The bicycle is a simple solution to some of the world's most complicated problems.

John Shoemaker

My hometown: Fort Wayne, Indiana

Where I call home now: Pittsford

How I got into cycling: riding trails in the woods with my little brother

My favorite roads to ride: paved ones, sometimes with a friend or two

My favorite trails to ride: unpaved ones, usually with a friend or three

I most recently rode my: Bianchi Campione

My favorite bike ever is my: Trek Crockett

My dream bike is: an illusion, so I'll try to be content with real bikes

I don’t leave for a ride without: a water bottle

Best Cycling advice: Keep the rubber side down.

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: "It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of the country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle." - Ernest Hemingway

Jeremy Chen

My hometown: Albany

Where I call home now: Park Ave neighborhood

How I got into cycling: Have always loved the outdoors and challenging myself physically. Mountain biking turned out to be the perfect combination of the two. I also enjoy using the instinctual part of my brain where I don't have to be constantly thinking about what I am doing but rather actively reacting to my environment.

My favorite roads to ride: Road bikes are lame :)

My favorite trails to ride: Epping Forest at Dryer Road

I most recently rode my: Mountain Bike

My favorite bike ever is my: Trek Checkpoint ALR 5

My dream bike is: a Trek Top Fuel

I don’t leave for a ride without: a Fanny pack to hold all my snacks

Best Cycling advice: Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: Sick rides, good vibesss

Maggie Baackes

My hometown: Born in Troy, NY and grew up in Danbury, CT

Where I call home now: South Wedge

How I got into cycling: I raced BMX as a kid and always had some form of two wheels to toot around town on, but injury rehab, cross training and influential friends brought me back to more focused riding.

My favorite roads to ride: Riding up and around the lake is a favorite long ride, but I love how easily I can get around the city on my bike. Sundays are made for bikes and beers in Rochester! You can cover such a large area and check out all the fun spots in town.

My favorite trails to ride: I just recently got a Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 so each new trail I ride is my favorite. I've run just about every trail in town, but to see them on wheels is a whole new perspective.

I most recently rode my: My 'doo-de-doo' bike', my old toot around town Cannondale.

My favorite bike ever is my: My Checkpoint because it's pretty, it's fun to ride and gets me out in the dirt and trees.

My dream bike is: The one that I can easily carry up and down the basement stairs without banging into anything!

I don’t leave for a ride without: Snacks

Best Cycling advice: Keep your strong foot clipped in at stop lights!

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: I am inspired but the wide world of cyclists that we welcome into the shop everyday. If you ride a bike you are a cyclist - neither equipment, ability nor age matter!

Haakon Sheffield

My hometown: Pittsford

Where I call home now: Pittsford

How I got into cycling: Adventuring; or seeing where my body can take me on two wheels!

My favorite roads to ride: Baker to Thayer to Bluhm Rd (Egypt Hills), «The Snake» on Mulholland Highway (LA)

My favorite trails to ride: Eagle (Dryer), Gjerdingentrillesti (Grua)

I most recently rode my: bicycle!

My favorite bike ever is my: the one I  have under me

My dream bike is: a Wahoo Kickr Bike

I don’t leave for a ride without: my Garmin

Best Cycling advice: Use a helmet

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: Rule #5: …

James Curtis

My hometown: Dallas, PA

Where I call home now: Rochester

How I got into cycling: My first summer job was at a bike shop in NJ. I picked up a Giant OCR3, fell in love with riding, and never stopped!

My favorite roads to ride: W Bloomfield Rd, Lake Rd, Powder Mills Park

My favorite trails to ride: Dryer Road Park, Parma CX

I most recently rode my: Trek Emonda

My favorite bike ever is my: Trek Procaliber

My dream bike is: N+1

I don’t leave for a ride without: Hammerhead Karoo

Best Cycling advice: Every once in a while take a ride without the HRM, power meter, computer, Strava, etc. and just enjoy the bike.

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: “Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride” – Eddy Merckx

Steve Schwartz

My hometown: Irondequoit

Where I call home now: Rochester

How I got into cycling: It was my transportation as a child.

My favorite roads to ride: Almost anywhere.

My favorite trails to ride: Rail trails.

I most recently rode my: Surly Wednesday fat bike

My favorite bike ever is my: My '05 Bianchi Pinella.

My dream bike is: A 1980's high end steel road bike with Campy Super Record.

I don’t leave for a ride without: Seat bag and lights.

Best Cycling advice: Ride at your own pace and just enjoy the moment.

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: "We can't leave you behind because it's our job to sweep this ride. You are welcome to ride at whatever pace you are comfortable with but our corny jokes and witty banter can only be heard if you are as slow as us."

Michael Davis

My hometown: Poughkeepsie

Where I call home now: Fairport

How I got into cycling: A neighbor who encouraged several of the kids in the neighborhood including his own son.

My favorite roads to ride: Furman, Salt, Clover

My favorite trails to ride: Canal, Lehigh, Greenway, Auburn

I most recently rode my: Gravel bike (Trek Checkpoint)

My favorite bike ever is my: Trek Domane

My dream bike is: I’m riding them!

I don’t leave for a ride without: my Shokz

Best Cycling advice: Use daytime running lights!

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: “You are one ride away from a good mood.”

Owen Evans

Kate Phillips

My hometown: Rochester

Where I call home now: Still Rochester!

How I got into cycling: Right after I graduated college, I joined the Peace Corps and became a teacher in Madagascar for two years, and right after I returned from the Peace Corps, I got a 9-5 job that I did not like very much. I decided that even if I didn't like the job very much, I could enjoy my time directly before and after by biking to work, and that's when I got my first adult bike and started commuting. I was so much happier on days when I opted to ride rather than drive - it allowed me to unwind, connect with the outdoors, and disconnect from work. I still like to commute by bike as much as possible, and in more recent years I've been working towards commuting by bike all year. I also like to ride with my partner and friends, particularly in pursuit of ice cream, and more recently I've added learning to mountain bike with my dad and brother on Friday mornings.

My favorite roads to ride: I'm mostly a canal and rail trail rider, but I usually find myself winding my way through city streets or on Clover or Scottsville when I am on the roads.

My favorite trails to ride: I'm a big fan of the Auburn/Lehigh/Greenway trail system.

I most recently rode my: Hunter Green 2020 Trek Checkpoint ALR 5

My favorite bike ever is my: Hunter Green 2020 Trek Checkpoint ALR 5

My dream bike is: Lately I have been daydreaming of the Trek Domane SL 6 etap Gen 4 in deep dark blue, and not just because it's a pretty purple, but maybe.

I don’t leave for a ride without: Helmet.

Best Cycling advice: Have fun.

Favorite Cycling quote/inspiration: My favorite cycling inspiration is my friends at Full Moon Vista.