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By Adam Schachner, Emerge Miami Miami is a city renowned for its cultural diversity and infamous for its fragmentation and lack of togetherness. Despite these differences, one popular year-round activity unites South Floridians of all backgrounds: bicycling. We are a bicycling city. The traffic may be contentious and the roads may be busy, but bicyclists come together on our streets and find their way to each other’s neighborhoods, share a commute, and overlook cultural boundaries to enjoy an active and engaging lifestyle. From early morning cycling groups to enthusiastic Critical Mass rides, Miamians set aside their partitioned neighborhood associations to become one cultural group as a bicycle community. On September 14, bicycle riders, representing a broad spectrum of cultural backgrounds, came together for Divercycles.

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