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Puerto Rican Bike Men
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Zina Saunders
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Pocho, age 68, isn't a member of the Club. Shy and cheerful, he hangs around the edge of the group, and decorates his bicycle according to his own, spare vision.

I been doing the bicycles for 60 years. I been decorating them for 15 years.

I hang around with the guys, but I can’t ride too long ‘cause there’s something wrong with my leg—maybe it’s the age!

I like to be different—my bicycle is decorated different from the other guys. It’s different from everybody! I do all the decorations myself. No one else does any decorations on my bicycle.

How do I decide what decoration to add? Something comes in my head to make the decoration like that, and I do it!