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Smart Ideas 03/05 Part-time job matching, hauling with your bike and more

Wheels of Fortune

What: bicycle extension that can carry passengers andcargo
Who: Ross Evans and Kipchoge Spencer of Xtracycle
Where: North San Juan, California
When: started in 1998

By working in a medical clinic in Burma to help care for thepatients, Ross Evans has dedicated years of his life to helpingothers. However, it was during a trip to Nicaragua in 1995 to teachdisabled men how to fix bikes that his humanitarian efforts changedhis own life.