About ZappaWheels
ZappaWheels delivers advice, resources, and products to support your biking endeavors - whether you are rediscovering cycling or ride every day. We believe biking is local, sustainable, joyful, and good for the environment.   ​
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Meet Our Team 

John

Chief Rider

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My first stint as a bike commuter was in Barcelona, Spain as an exchange student - I rode to school each day and easily stood out since I was the only person wearing a helmet!. Later, I rode to work in Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River. And for the past 15 years I have commuted through the streets of Chicago on my Surly (Long-Haul Trucker). ​

Marta

Design
​Genius

Chicago resident since 2016, I could not understand summers in the city without a bike. Living abroad gets you to do things you would not normally do. This and my enthusiasm for engineering got me involved with the ZappaWheels team, an experience ranging from cast molding to product sales, including Taco Tuesdays!
​Enjoy the ride!​

Thomas

Chief Product Hacker ​

​Biking over the years has served as transportation, sport, fitness, and the enjoy contemplation from coast to coast. These days, it has become invaluable to spending more quality family time outdoors. My trusty 30 year old Trek has undergone a similar transformation from mountain bike, to road bike, tri-bike, baby carrier, and now an all-purpose hybrid. Being a tinkerer, a bike is a limitless platform for experimentation.

Dave

systems
​Wizard

I was excited to buy my first 10 speed bike in high school: a yellow Schwinn Continental. Fancy for me at the time, but I rode that bike a lot. It was teenage independence before I had a license to drive. I've enjoyed biking all these years and have had a few other bikes since then. I'm a casual rider but enjoy it all the same.



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Mary

UX GURU

In college, long before I could afford a car, I biked 12 miles each way to my summer lifeguard job. In passable weather, I still like to bike to work on my 25-year-old Cannondale hybrid. With the COVID shutdown, I miss my commute! Recently, my husband and I enjoyed a biking vacation through Glacier National Park with our 3 adult children. So. Much. Fun.

David

Maker EXTRAORDINAIRE

Biking to work is yet a dream to become true, but for now I enjoy biking to move around the city or just for fun and exercise both on the road and, especially, on the trails. My biking interest, together with my engineering-fueled curiosity and the team’s enthusiasm, got me hooked to the roller coaster experience of developing a product and being a part of  ZappaWheels.