Meredith Erlewine Meredith Erlewine, 36, has been an avid cyclist since 1991. In addition to being a writer/editor and mother of Kate, 5 months, she and her husband Pete Kostes own Athens Bicycle in Athens, Ohio, and Parkersburg Bicycle in Parkersburg, W.V. She is experienced in both road and mountain biking, and has competed in mountain bike races at the expert level since 1999. She excels at endurance mountain bike events, and has stood atop the podium at West Virginia's Wild 100, 24 Hours of Big Bear and 24 Hours of Snowshoe. She has been leading organized group rides since 1998 and teaching mountain bike clinics since 2002.