A mountain bike changed my life


	A mountain bike changed my life

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1db2d3a1-8216-4a2d-9bc1-bcb6c9aab6c6/10ADDFA2-13EF-4A1B-A72F-DEF99D17C9D6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cnn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html"><UL><LI class="cnnHiliteHeader">Story Highlights</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> CNN Hero's nonprofit Pedals for Progress gives new life to used bicycles<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Dave Schweidenback saw transformative effects of bikes while in the Peace Corps<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> More than 115,000 used bikes have been sent to 32 developing countries since '91<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Low-cost bikes help local residents gain access to jobs, health care and schools<BR /> </LI><LI class="cnnNextStory" id="cnnNextStoryCSI"><A href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/07/25/caution.no.free.stuff/index.html?iref=nextin">Next Article in Living »</A></LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cnn.com/img/41157C8E-C001-4DBD-B0F4-50CDF5E7AF27" alt="Dave Schweidenback saw transformative effects of bikes while in the Peace Corps in Ecuador from 1977-80." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html"><P> <B>HIGH BRIDGE, New Jersey (CNN)</B> -- "The thought that I can reach out and permanently improve someone's life for the better is addictive," says Dave Schweidenback.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html"><P> Several times a year, the 55-year-old can be found prepping large shipments of used bicycles bound for a developing country. For Schweidenback, gathering and breaking down these bikes is a labor of love -- one that is helping to keep the bikes out of landfills and give them new life.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html"><P> "Used bicycles can transform the economic and social condition of families," says Schweidenback. 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