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These days, arriving on a mountain bike trail with a whip that has coaster brakes is likely to elicit some funny looks, if not outright disdain, from fellow riders—but that was definitely not always the case. Featured on the cover of this fine issue is someone who’s been part of the evolution of the sport […]
Gary Bonacker prefers the term “cancer thriver” to “cancer survivor.” “The second you are diagnosed with cancer you are a survivor until the day you die,” says Bonacker, who, along with his wife Sue, owns Sunnyside Sports. “A lot of people think being a survivor means you have beaten cancer.” Diagnosed with brain cancer in […]
A decade ago, Gary Bonacker, Sunnyside Sports co-owner and mountain bike pioneer who spent the '70s and '80s bombing around Mt. Bachelor on a clunky bike, hit perhaps his hardest obstacle yet: He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. But Bonacker, now 60, went through chemotherapy and survived with his wit, charm and dedication […]
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