Summer Feet Cycling, Portland

It took only the encouragement of his friend Peter and the effects of a single beer for Norman "Big Toe" to quit his investment job, buy a bike, and complete his first cross-country cycling ride. After a brutal first week, he found his cycling legs and an enduring love for the sport that led him to found Summer Feet Cycling. "I started Summer Feet with the very selfish goal of spending days outside sharing the beauty of Maine with people," Norman says, "If I wanted to spend my days dealing with swarming hoards I would have taken up bee keeping." He keeps his company and tours intimate and small, guiding his charges on half- to multi-day tours of Maine's coastlines and countryside.