'The Swan Cycles Experience': How An Ithaca Cyclist Turned His Bike Shop Into a Community

Nested approximately a mile up Mount Pleasant Road - 'Mount Unpleasant' as the locals call it - sits a white farmhouse with a long gravel driveway where the sun sets over a farm field. From 6 to 8 p.m. every weekday, this house and its two garages are abuzz with sounds of dogs barking, chickens clucking and, most importantly, chatter about biking. Glenn Swan, a 73-year-old former sponsored cyclist…