Mike grew up mostly on the east coast, in the suburbs of Philadelphia. There, he scraped his elbows and knees, received his first set of stitches, fractured his nose – you know, all typical character-building traits of a budding adventurer. Though he found himself on a bike from time-to-time growing up, it wasn’t until he moved to Atlanta that he discovered the freedom that biking really brings -- especially in a city notorious for its traffic congestion. In 2018, he packed his bags (and his cat/diva, Lady Marie) to move to Chicago for grad school and has since been living in towns such as Rogers Park and Andersonville. Mike has mostly enjoyed city riding, but OOFD has opened his eyes to a new way of life on wheels and has embraced it ever since. As the new year kicked off, he vowed to spend more miles on the road than dollars on bikes. So far so good? (Love people, use things. Love people, use things…)