I don’t know of anyone who began riding just because of the Tour de Georgia, but it is undeniable that it has helped out a lot in making cycling more popular here. The festive atmosphere...

I think they kind of squandered it because they never made it very usable. It doesn’t really benefit anybody outside of those they let hunt there. The rest of the year it just lies dormant.

There may be 20 to 30 people who are members of all three clubs. There’s a lot of crossover. We all help each other and try to introduce new people to cycling.

Used to, it was mostly college kids buying bicycles to get around campus. But now it’s people who have been exposed to cycling through watching and reading about Lance who are taking up cycling. Some...