2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi of Oswego, Ill., races in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi of Oswego, Ill., poses before a race in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi of Oswego, Ill., poses before a race in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi, center, of Oswego, Ill., races in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi of Oswego, Ill., poses before a race in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi of Oswego, Ill., poses before a race in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi, right, of Oswego, Ill., races in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi of Oswego, Ill., races in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
2012 USA Paralympic Cycling Team member Joe Berenyi of Oswego, Ill., races in Wood Dale, Ill., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
All those rides on all those lonesome stretches of country roads were worth it for U.S. gold medal para-cyclist Joe Berenyi. The 43-year-old Oswego man will join an elite group of athletes this summer when London hosts the 2012 Olympic Games from July 27 to …