Frank Wrzosek, owner of the Civic Cyclery bicycle shop in downtown Bel Air, wrapped up a recent day in the repair section doing the task he enjoys the most, adjusting a wheel."I just like truing them, getting them perfect," Wrzosek, 40, says as he spins a bike's rear wheel, stopping occasionally to either tighten or loosen the spokes at their base using a small U-shaped spoke wrench.Spokes are loosened or tightened based on each one's need."It keeps it straight, and it keeps it round, so there is not a hop in it, so you keep all the tension correct," he said of truing wheels. "There's a lot to it."Wrzosek, who lives in Bel Air South, opened Civic Cyclery at 142-A N. Bond St. May 17. The shop is next to Animal Medical Center of Bel Air. He offers sales of new bikes, including the Specialized Bicycle brand, and bicycle repair.It is one of now three bike shops in Harford County, all in and around Bel Air. The other two are the Bike Doctor near the Festival at Bel Air shopping center and the Bike Shop of Bel Air east of Harford Community College.Wrzosek started working as a bicycle mechanic about six years ago, and he has worked in the other Harford shops and shops throughout the Baltimore area. He worked at a shop in Cockeysville in Baltimore County before he opened Civic Cyclery.He grew up in Parkville and graduated from Parkville High School in 1994. He then served six years in the Marine Corps, where he was a boat mechanic, working on riverine vessels. He continued working as a boat mechanic after he left the military, and he later ran a property management company.He has lived in Harford County since 2000."I wanted to be closer to my kids and my wife," Wrzosek said of why he set up shop in Bel Air. "I wanted to be close to the bikes that I serve."He has been a mountain biking enthusiast for about 20 years, and he is a member of the Chesapeake Spokes Bicycle Club and the Harford Velo Cycling Club.He often rides along the Ma & Pa Trail, in Susquehanna State Park near Havre de Grace and in Gunpowder Falls State Park in eastern Baltimore County and western Harford County."It's the way that I relax," he said of cycling. "It's the one thing that relaxes me and takes my mind off everything."He has not yet ridden across the Susquehanna River via the Route 40 Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge, which opened to cyclists July 1, but he has used the Conowingo Dam, which is farther upriver in Darlington, to cross the river.Wrzosek said neither route is "bike friendly," though, because of heavy traffic and lack of shoulders.Giving a community feelWrzosek picked the name Civic Cyclery to distinguish himself from other shops, yet still have a community feel."I wanted it to be a community shop where everyone just feels pumped to come in," he said.On Friday, July 1, Hatem Bridge was officially opened to bicyclists. (Matt Button and Dan Griffin, Baltimore Sun Media Group)Jerre Taylor, president of Chesapeake Spokes, noted local cyclists have more options with the opening of Civic Cyclery."Frank's very nice, easy to talk to, would do quality service," Taylor said. "He's worked on my bike before."Wrzosek said he is friends with Phillip Rhudy, owner and brew master at the nearby Independent Brewing Co. on North Main Street. He said he also wanted to be close to the brewery and the Ma & Pa Trail – the brewery is a short distance from the trailhead at Ellendale and Williams streets, and the bike shop is about half a mile from the trailhead."I just wanted to be close to the trail and in town," Wrzosek said.Taylor said she recently participated in a 20-mile ride with a group that left Independent Brewing, rode through Bel Air up to Forest Hill and returned to the brewery."It's always good to have more variety and different options in the community," she said. "There's a lot of cyclists out there."The shop is open every day except Monday, and Wrzosek's busiest times so far have been on weekdays. said many people have visited from the residential areas west of Bond Street."I get a lot of people just riding by and stopping in," he said.Mike Leaf, an attorney whose office is on North Main Street, stopped by the shop late last week to pick up his road bike. The rear derailleur, which shifts the chain from one ring in the drive train to another when the rider shifts gears, needed to be repaired.Leaf said he "couldn't get from the middle ring to the big ring very easily" when he pressed the gearshift.He said he has known Wrzosek for a long time, and they belong to the same cycling clubs."Frank's very good at what he does, and he always provides great service," Leaf said.He said having three bike shops in Harford County is "very convenient, very nice."Wrzosek is the sole proprietor, although he has had help from his wife, Angela, children Trenton, 9, and Maliya, 13, and his father, Martin.He and his wife, who is a registered nurse at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, designed the lettering for inspirational sayings about cycling and posted them on the shop walls, and his father, a former auto mechanic, helps maintain the shop.His children visit a few times and week and work on bikes with him.Wrzosek said many of the cyclists he knows are his age and older."I want my kids to be involved, so hopefully other kids get involved also," he said. "I think it's important to have a shop in town to get the younger kids involved a little more."Visit http://wbcyclery.com for more information, or call 443-787-4560.