NAME: Terry Crock
LOCATION: Massillon, OH
OCCUPATION: Technology and Automation Shop Manager
Where do you live and what’s it like riding in your city?
I live near Massillon, Ohio. I build custom bicycles for myself and my children, which we use to ride on biking trails between Massillon, Navarre, Dalton, and Canal Fulton, Ohio. These are all small towns, fun and easy to ride around in, without much traffic. Canal Fulton has a canal boat pulled by horses that people can ride as the biking trail in that area follows the old Ohio and Erie Canal that was built during the 1800s. Sometimes one has to make their way around the horses pulling the canal boat as one rides the trail. Massillon has a bicycle shop directly on the trail for any needed parts or repairs. The biking trails in this area are generally flat and easy to ride.
What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?
Right now that city would be Navarre because it is somewhere safe to ride with my children. And one can smell the fresh bread being baked at Nickle’s Bakery!
Why do you love riding in the city?
The cities I ride in would be considered small with populations below 40,000. The good thing about that is the small town attitude in which auto drivers tend to see bicyclists as other people instead of targets.