When life gives you lemons, you sell them: Meet the Floridian farmer who rode 80 miles a day to sell his produce

Modern fruit farmer Rane Roatta is also a two-time gravel state champion with a custom bike as colorful as the fruit he sells

Rane Roatta
(Image credit: Rane Roatta)

Waking up at the crack of dawn to put in work, sweating in the hot sun, keeping nutrition top of mind and following a set schedule. All of those apply to athletes but they ring equally true for a fruit farmer. For 29-year-old Miami-based Rane Roatta, the life of a cyclist and that of a fruit farmer are intertwined. 

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