This article first appeared on BikeRadar.
Specialized Bicycles currently provides two WorldTour teams with race bikes – while riders have won almost every notable race on Specialized bikes in the past. The American brand had yet another world championships win through Kate Courtney at this year's UCI cross country women's elite event and provides quality bikes for everyone, from toddlers' balance bikes to three-time road world champion Peter Sagan.
Now, through The Specialized Foundation, Riding For Focus is a program revolutionising the way schools and doctors deal with education through riding bikes.
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The company was founded by a Californian named Mike Sinyard back in the 1970s and he is still at the helm as CEO of one of the biggest bicycle companies in the world.
What isn't as well known is that Sinyard had ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) throughout school, eventually failing high school before self-funding his way through San Jose State University by building up and repairing bikes he found at flea markets and selling them on.
"Riding is my Ritalin"
Sinyard's legacy in cycling
You can read more at Cyclingnews.com
via Cyclingnews Latest Interviews and Features http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/specialized-founder-mike-sinyard-on-the-power-of-the-bicycle
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