Freedom Riders

Published September 9, 2010

Freedom Riders
Neal Santos STRAIGHT AND NARROW: Gearing Up, founded by Kristin Gavin (front), aims to help female ex-cons maintain their health and sobriety through bike riding. [ bicycle therapy ] The members of Gearing Up, an all-female cadre composed of drug addicts, the homeless and ex-cons, are quite possibly the most polite bicyclists in the city. Setting out at 8 a.m. in mid-August, about a dozen of …
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