The transition to the slow, cold winter is a feeling many Clevelanders dread – but for Cleveland BMX and mountain biking, the season is just starting to warm up. Written by Alexander Giampietro On a quiet fall afternoon in 2020, a young man lingered at the counter of Eddie’s Bike Shop, eyeing a BMX bike he swore would be a birthday gift to himself. He didn’t know it then, but that impulse – just a kid wanting a new bike – was about to steer him straight into a growing undergr