Elijah “Eli” Belz has owned Hillsborough Bike Shop with his father for two years despite being only 17. He likes bikes (“they are all mechanical with no electronics to go awry”) and he likes the people who ride bikes. “There is a good culture there.” Belz would like to expand the bike shop, but he is focusing on completing high school right now. However, with an eye to the future, he is mentoring three 7th graders, training them to repair bikes and preparing them to take shifts at the shop. If Eli could have lunch with anyone in Orange County, he would choose his dad. “We could discuss business and religion, and whatever else came to mind. I always have interesting conversations with him.”
