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HomeGearing Up

Gearing Up

Amateur Sports

Germantown: Bicycles Help Build Lives

June 26, 2011 1

https://vimeo.com/25515492] Kristin Gavin has seen the improvement in front of her eyes. The atmosphere inside ‘The Bikery,” located at Fifth and South streets, was light and full of enthusiasm on a humid Friday morning in [continue reading…]

Amateur Sports

Germantown: Bicycling Helps Women Cope with Problems

June 13, 2011 0

https://vimeo.com/25038119] The women from New Directions Inc., who participate in Gearing Up’s bike rides on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, have unique backgrounds, stories and motivations, but they have all fallen in love with biking as [continue reading…]

Gearing Up Bike Award
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Germantown: Former Addict Receives Bicycle Ambassador Award

June 8, 2011 0

https://vimeo.com/24838895] Gwen Hardeman, a former drug addict, received the Gearing Up Bicycle Ambassador award this weekend and a brand new Fuji mountain bike at the 2011 TD Bank Philadelphia International Liberty Classic bike race, in [continue reading…]

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