Published on June 6, 2016 on Morgan Hill Life’s website
By Robert Airoldi
Graham tests out a bike in Specialized’s wind tunnel.
Photo courtesy Specialized Bicycle Components
Katie Sue Gruener, the global public relations manager at Specialized Bicycle Components, wanted to kick off our day with a positive story and reminder of how powerful the bicycle can be.
“We were presented with an opportunity, through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to make a wish come true,” she said. “Seventeen-year-old Graham was diagnosed with Non-Hodkins Lymphoma last summer. He loves riding his road bike and riding with his friends from Higher Gear in Chicago.”
Graham’s wish was to visit Specialized’s headquarters to check out the Morgan Hill-based company’s research and development facilities and get a custom S-Works Tarmac. He also asked for his sister, Quincy, to join him on the trip. Thursday June 2, Gruener and the Specialized team hosted Graham and Quincy and made his dream a reality. They spent the day checking out different areas of the company and presented him with a one-of-a-kind custom Tarmac bike that Graham designed himself. Graham took his bike out for a lunch ride with the crew and got to enjoy some of our beautiful California sunshine.
“We are honored and humbled for the opportunity to do this. Hope you enjoy this story,” Gruener said.
We enjoyed it indeed, and hope Morgan Hill Life readers do also.
