Aug 8, 2024
This week, I sit down with life long rider and bicycle
advocate Michael
Potoczny to talk all about living a life on two wheels.
Most of yinz know Mike from The Wheel
Mill and seeing him at Bike PGH events
around the city. Mike is an educator whose passion for biking
exceeds many others.
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Having a father who was a Pro Motocross rider, the Potoczny kids
had an early and easy introduction to a life of flying off of
carefully constructed mounds of dirt on two wheels. That’s how they
spent their childhood. Riding bikes and building dirt jumps in the
woods with their friends.
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Once they were old enough, they started to make the transition from
the woods at home to B-Cubed Bike and Skate Park. After countless
hours spent there, B-Cubed decided to close their doors. Knowing
about all materials in jeopardy of going to waste, Mike and his
friends decided to acquire the ramps and set out on a new location
for them.
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In 2013, Mike met a man and helped bring The Wheel
Mill to life. For the better part of the last decade, Mike
was the GM of Pittsburghs only Indoor Bike Park. He spent his time
building ramps, hosting and planning events, teaching classes, and
helping provide the city of Pittsburgh with one of the best biking
resources to this day. Sadly and abruptly, after 11
years, The Wheel
Mill decided to close their doors.
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Now, after investing countless hours of hard work and thousands of
dollars worth of wood into some of the best ramps made, Mike knew
he had to pivot and figure out a new home for TBA Bike Park
and all the bike riders around our city. Hope yinz enjoy it!
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