Bicycle Roots, a full service bike shop located on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, recently relocated from their former spot on Fulton. The shop is run by Nechama Levy and Joe Lawler, both New York City natives and very experienced and enthusiastic cyclists. Nechama grew up in Queens as an ultra-Orthodox Jew, but abandoned that lifestyle in the early 2000s and turned to cycling at full speed. Joe grew up in Hell’s Kitchen, near the cycling mecca known as Central Park, and currently holds the title of Tandem Cyclocross World Champion. The shop’s story is so unique and inspiring that I had to get on my own two wheels and venture past our Bushwick borders to talk to Nechama and see the shop firsthand.