I'm Riding For

Paul Swift

This year I am riding for my friend Paul. Paul Swift has spent much of his life on a bicycle—as a member of the U.S. National Cycling Team, an eight-time U.S. National Track Champion, and later as an innovator, educator, and bike fitter. He work hands-on with riders of every ability, helping them find comfort, confidence, and freedom on a bicycle. In 2009, Paul was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Today, he is cancer-free, healthy, and grateful for every opportunity to keep riding and helping others ride. Being part of Paul Ellis’s remarkable journey—from surviving a devastating stroke and being told he may never walk again to now riding a bicycle—is something Paul considers a privilege. To learn that his own cancer journey has provided even a small part of the inspiration for this effort is both deeply touching and an incredible honor.