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He's done it mostly by word of mouth. "I didn't gel a lot of the opportunities that others got, because I'm black." he says. "If a magazine did an article on me, they didn't include my picture. One time a white man came in my shop and asked lor Sugar Bear. When I told him I was Sugar Bear, he turned on his heels and walked out.
Huit was more than 35 years ago. Since then, the man with the playlnl moniker-lie W;LS bom Al Myers. a fact even many of his oldest friends don't know- has become a legend not only in the African-American hiking community, but in the industry. Illese days, when he's not ont on a bike liimsell. Myers runs Sugar Bears Shop, which produces, among other things, handbuili. customized Iront ends and chopper frames. The 36-year-old. L.A.-based biz has a cult-like following; the Web site includes shots of hcadliners such as 'loby Keith. O/zy Osbourne and Tim McGiiiw. all happily Hexing by their trademark "Rear" bikes.See the full content of this document
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Al 'Sugar Bear' Myers
SUGAR BEAR REMEMBERS THE DAY HE FELL IN LOVE.
"I was driving my car clown the Irccway and a mail passed me on a chopper. Hc had a woman on lhe back, leaning agai...See the full content of this document
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