NAME: Mike Norton

OCCUPATION: medical radiation technologist or MRT

WHERE YOU HEADING: To the hospital where I work in the west end.

WHAT ARE YOU RIDING: A black and pink Unknown Lv1 fixed gear that I assembled myself

WHY DO YOU RIDE: It makes me feel good! I can feel emotionally and physically terrible but once my legs and lungs start pumping, that all goes away. The oxygen is good for you! Plus, I need to justify all the bikes I keep building. It’s an illness.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT BIKING IN OTTAWA WHAT WOULD IT BE: More cyclists! If more people biked on the roads there’d be better awareness and understanding between drivers and cyclists. Infrastructure would grow, people would become healthier and live longer, there’d be less dependance on the health care system. It would be Utopia.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING:

Shirt: by local designer Machete Premium Cuts

by local designer Machete Premium Cuts Shoes: my amazing Sidi cycling shoes

my amazing Sidi cycling shoes Shorts: Old Navy

Old Navy Glasses:Derek Cardigan from Clearly Contacts

FAVOURITE SPOTS TO BIKE: In Westboro on Richmond rd, the experimental farm, or sprinting up some hill trying to get a Strava KOM.



FAVOURITE PLACE TO STOP AFTER A RIDE: El Camino for a fresh taco!

