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For three years, John Jason Cecil, Keith Ramsey, Haywood Bennett and Shannon Shaw have been biking around Richmond – pursuing what Cecil calls a long-time love of cycling.
“I think bikes are like the first bit of independence you get as a child, says Cecil. Once you learn how to ride a bike, it’s like, ‘Oooh. We can go!’ I never really lost that.”
They called themselves the
Bike Monday Brothers – meeting each week to explore the city.
“I’ve been in Richmond since ’96, and I’m like, ‘This is here?’ Ramsey says. That’s the thing about riding bikes. You slow down. You’re able to see things you don’t normally see in a car. You’re paying attention to other cars. You’re not looking around. On a bike, you’re just riding around, slow pacing it. ‘Let’s go over here. Let’s go check out what’s down this street.’”