 Based in Brooklyn, New York, Maffei raced throughout the Northeast during the heyday of American bicycle racing in venues like Madison Square Garden and the Coney Island Velodrome.He won the New York state championship three times, in 1933's Junior division and the Senior title in 1936 and 1937.Leonard's accomplishments also include riding an antique bicycle (used by Charles M. "Mile a Minute" Murphy in 1899 to ride a measured mile in under 60 seconds) on national television.