As the title states I would like to tell you a little about
myself; or at least my cycling self.
I’ve been in the bike industry for about 20 years. I got
turned onto cross about 15 of those years. And it’s become a drug to me. I
enjoy cycling, but I really love and have a passion for cross. Going through
these years, I have even grown a certain snobbish appreciation for cross bikes.
I’ve developed my own philosophy, that I keep tweaking (not twerking). I use my
cross bike for everything. So it has to be as versatile as it can possibly be.
Geared. Single speed. Knobby tires. Smooth tires. ‘What’s your pleasure?’
As an example…I build every cross bike that I own around a
set of handlebars that they don’t make anymore. So I have at least three sets
hanging out just in case.
I LOVE CROSS. I love racing cross. I love the people that
put the races on. The time and energy it takes to do it. I have been racing for
just as long as I’ve been riding cross bikes. 15 years. I gladly pay my race
fees to race. To hang with friends. To make new friends.
On the flip side…I have a critical mind, and I do see things
in a different way. In a different light. And there are times that I am seen as
being negative, and my apologies for this. My wife tells me that I do come off
as a dick sometimes, and there is more to what she said; but that’s for another
post. However; I do not mean to. So in some sense this is also an apology.
An apology to anyone that I offend. Piss off. Upset. In my
years of racing; I’ve never been so close to the sport for various reason. I
used to show up 30 min before my race. Race. Go home. Now I don’t.
Just as the blog title is; I see myself as a bit of a
Renegade. And I do want to put my two cents in, but maybe mid stream is not the
time to do it, and that’s what the off season is for. (wait…did I just type
‘off season’? no such thing)
In short…don’t take my ramblings as a ‘hater’, but simply as
a critical eye on things that do not mean harm. I am a philosopher after all,
and I do have a beard.
Amitabha...
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