Worksman Cycles has been building bicycles in America for more than 125 years, and the company has no plans to change that. Wayne Sosin helped take over the family-owned business in 1987, and in 2015 he relocated operations from New York to Conway, South Carolina. Today the factory welds frames, powder-coats, builds wheels, and assembles finished bikes and trikes on site. Sosin describes it as being as close to made in America as you can get.
Plenty of those bikes aren’t what you’d picture on a showroom floor. Worksman builds industrial-grade models, recreational bikes, and adult tricycles engineered for seniors and people with ability challenges. That means riders who’ve given up on two wheels because of balance or mobility issues still have a safe way to get outside. The company also hires workers from the deaf community and other special communities, a practice Sosin treats as core to the operation.
When asked why he’s stayed in this business for decades, Sosin keeps it simple. He calls it freedom, and says it reminds him of being a kid, the wind in your hair, whatever hair is left. Around here, that feeling is a short ride away on the Legacy Trail or a quiet street in Venice.
What’s the one thing that gets you out the door and moving, even when Florida humidity says stay inside?
