In the 2018 TD Five Boro Bike Tour Official Program & Ride Guide, we’ve featured exceptional members of the Bike New York community from each of the five boroughs. Here are our superstars from The Bronx.   

This inseparable pair of Bronx Community College students (and Bike New York instructors) came to us as high schoolers in an After School program, and they’ll never forget the first kids they taught to ride. “There was this one kid who was so determined, but his balance was just off,” Rosinell says. “Every week he would come back and tell me, ‘I practiced everything that you taught me!’ One day, I was locking up the bike education container, and he rode up to me and was like, ‘Look! Miss Rosie! I got it, I got it!’ It felt amazing.” Oscar concurs; when his first teaching success rode by in front of her beaming parents, “I was so proud of myself,” he says.

“If you have the time, you should volunteer,” Rosie says. “It’s an experience that you won’t gain anywhere else. It’s just really fun.” Adds Oscar: “To see a smile on a kid’s face when they learn to ride is just the best thing.” And now their students aren’t the only ones gaining new skills; Rosie, an aspiring elementary school teacher, says, “With kids and bikes, they’re so excited; it’s taught me patience.” For Oscar, who plans to become a police officer, “It’s taught me how to motivate kids. That’s going to help me in the future—when I see kids not doing the correct thing, I’ll be able to motivate them to do something different, something positive.”