Contents: Features SUMMER 2019 Issue No.9 P. 26 THE SPINDLE This is the story of how EgyptianAmerican brothers Sharif and Ezz Hassan are building a cycling epicenter in the urban heart of Atlanta, Georgia, that combines bike culture with a sense of belonging-but can this gathering spot for creativity and community buck the city's rapid gentrification? Come along for the ride. P. PEDAL FUEL The Spindle co-owner Sharif Hassan shops-in bike shoes, of course-for local produce at the Freedom Farmers Market at Atlanta's Carter Center. See page 26. 32 PROOF LAB Surfers and visionaries Will Hutchinson and Nate McCarthy built Marin County, California's Proof Lab to make a new, sustainable retail space. Eight innovative shops have joined along with them to create a tiny universe of ethical trade. P. 38 APPLACHIAN TRAIL Business is sure to be steady for outdoor retailers servicing the millions of hikers who follow the famed white blazes, but these shops also anchor forward-thinking towns that absolutely thrived when they decicded to embrace the culture of the A.T. 2 OUTDOOR RETAILER / Summer 2019 ON THE COVER: Brothers Sharif and Ezz Hassan don't take themselves too seriously at The Spindle in Atlanta's OId FourthWard. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak Inset photo by Adam Hester Photograph by Andrew Kornylak