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Andrew Prescott Chief Wheel Officer
Thanks for stopping by our website and seeing what Urban AdvenTours is all about. As the Chief Wheel Officer of Urban AdvenTours, I realize that every ride is not just a tour, but an experience. All the guides you will ride with here are passionate cyclists, who use the bike for transportation and recreation, and love showing off our wonderful city by bicycle. I'm so thankful that i have found my true passion in life, and I'm especially thankful to be showing 'the best of Boston by bicycle' to all! Ok, so you want a little more info on me? I've lived a full life. Waterford High School football captain, to Wesleyan University Psychology/Sociology degree, to recruiter, bartender, world traveler, accountant, marketing manager for Anheuser-Busch, to BioBus driving fool, I've tried it all. Did I say I'm happy to finally have found my calling? Ha ha. It is nice to be doing something I sincerely believe in. I love to travel. I want everyone to love to travel by bike, even if it is through his or her own neighborhood. There is nothing else like the adventure of exploration. Especially on a bike. Keep it Wheel! Andrew

Garrett Lynch
Garrett is a veteran member of the UA team, and has been working at Fenway Park since 2005. Garrett is full of obscure Fenway facts. Originally hailing from the Garden State he moved north to study at the Berklee College of Music. As a recent graduate of Berklee, Garrett lives by the mantra ride all day play all night. When not riding on tours you can catch Garrett on his Felt B2 but he has a special place in his heart for touring on a Specialized Globe. Garrett specializes in long distance tours for the advanced cycling enthusiasts.

Galen Mook Freewheel Operations Manager
Galen was raised in Reston, Virginia, a small planned-community located 20 miles down the Washington and Old Dominion Bike Trail from Washington, D.C. He came up to Boston in 2003 to attend Boston University, where he studied photojournalism and anthropology. As part of his education, he has traveled throughout the U.S. and to several Latin American countries. One of his most influential trips was to the Netherlands on a fact-finding mission to learn how the Dutch lead such great lives. He figured it out – it was because they bike! These days back in Boston, Galen enjoys working to build a friendly biker community so that more people of all sorts feel comfortable hopping on two wheels. He especially enjoys hosting rides to the lesser-known spots in Boston to explore the city's hidden gems. You can find him talking to anyone and everyone at the city's various bike racks, leading tours of wondrous youth cyclists, or playing the cowbell and buckets as he rolls through the streets of Boston on the infamous "jam-bike."

Danielle Tarloff Front Wheel Reflector
Danielle came to Boston from NJ to attend Northeastern University. She's been here since 2004, and really likes hanging out in friends' backyards and porches in JP and Somerville. You can also find her around some of Boston's venues, she'll let you know what great concert or comedy to catch. Danielle has also studied in Sevilla, Spain and traveled around Europe. She loves outdoor markets, seasonal weather, sustainable foods, and of course riding bikes.

Ted Schwartzberg
Ted's hometown is Boston, MA, where he has lived for all of his 28 years. After graduating from MIT, where he recently received Masters Degrees in City Planning and in Real Estate Development, Ted enjoys spending his days as an urban planner. His interests include skiing, camping and traveling. In addition, he enjoys commuting year-round by bike to avoid having to use cars and public transportation. His favorite local spot is the Harbor Islands National Park. One of Ted's best vacations ever was riding his bike from the Provincetown ferry, through Cape Cod, around Martha's Vineyard Island and back on the mainland to Plymouth. In addition to Massachusetts adventures, Ted has traveled to Western and Central Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle East and, most recently, Bloomington Indiana.

Baylor Bennett
Baylor is a farm boy from Kentucky who migrated to Boston in 2001. In a land where everyone road horses, Baylor chose bikes. He is an outdoorsman who enjoys hunting and fishing and is an avid enviornmentalist and conservationist. When Baylor's not giving tours you can find him getting greasy fixing bikes or working at the Museum of Science. He got the nick name "Mr. Scientist" because of his love for random science facts and statistics, but ironicly has never worked in any scientific fields. Baylor is currently working on a degree in business managment from Harvard.

Niko Skievaski
Niko is originally from Phoenix where he studied economics at Arizona State. He has recently moved to Boston to try and become a real economist in Boston University's graduate program. Apart from that, cycling is his mistress. He has been competitive in road, mountain, and cyclocross. Before moving to Boston he toured the U.S. Pacific Coast from Seattle to Santa Barbara. When his head's not in a book or helmet, it's likely between headphones or involved in some deep, dismal discussion. Boston has grown quickly on Niko and he enjoys celebrating it by cycling her streets daily--on tours, on commutes, on life.

Len Weiss
Len grew up in the Bronx, but has been happy to call Brookline home for the past 13 years. His favorite spot in Boston is the Blue Hills Reservation....so much to do, so little time. While he loves Chamber and blues music; reading non-fiction and biographies, he's also a wild man, into rugby, basketball, road and mountain biking, backpacking, Nordic backcountry skiing and motorcycle touring. Yep he's into both kinds of bikes and his best vacation ever was a six week motorcycle tour through western Europe and England. Len has also traveled the world including the Galapagos, Venezuela, Monaco, Belgium, Denmark, Tanzania, Japan, Hong Kong, China and many more.

Ku Yoo
Ku considers Boston to be his home, but he was born in Seoul, Korea. He's lived in Boston two years and his favorite spot may be Neptune in the North End. Another Wesleyan grad, Ku is a lawyer by trade, but he loves baseball, bicycle touring, autumn in New England, Bob Dylan, Prince (including Artist formerly known as Prince), Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, beer, old school cocktails, and hot dogs. Ku has traveled to South Korea, Japan, China, Czech Rep., Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, England, Spain, Aruba, Dominican Republic, and People's Republic of Cambridge. He loves giving tours with Urban AdvenTours because it allows him to show people Boston the way he sees it, not just the landmarks, but also the cool alleys and side streets.

Ed Ballo Art & Architecture, History Guru
Ed is Boston through and through. He grew up in a suburb just north of Boston, works at MIT, and rows on the Charles River daily. Most impressive about Ed, is that he has never owned a car! Ed rides his bike, or uses public transportation wherever he goes. Ed speaks fluent French and Italian for our international customers, and has been a tour guide of Boston for over 20 years!