Tagged by Dave Moulton

Dave Moulton tagged me (his blog has moved to new location)to write six little known random things about myself. He was tagged by Ron at Cozy Beehive which is another blog I read.

I've been tagged a couple times before. The other times I was tagged it was for 5 things. It seems the meme has been growing in the last year.

I started writing this nearly 2 weeks ago but just couldn't find the inspiration to come up with little known things about me. I revealed enough last time. In the meantime the Fat Cyclist was tagged.

He thought it was unimaginative and came up with a list of questions to answer. I like his new meme better so I'm switching to it.

If you could have any one — and only one — bike in the world, what would it be?

I prefer not to have needless constraints. There are enough real ones without making more.

Do you already have that coveted dream bike? If so, is it everything you hoped it would be? If not, are you working toward getting it? If you're not working toward getting it, why not?

For me it's not about the dream bike. It's about the dream rides.

If you had to choose one — and only one — bike route to do every day for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?

See my answer to the first question.

What kind of sick person would force another person to ride one and only one bike ride to to do for the rest of her / his life?

Some poor, unhappy person that can't stand to see other people happy. I don't think Fatty is unhappy but he is the one that came up with question ...

Do you ride both road and mountain bikes? If both, which do you prefer and why? If only one or the other, why are you so narrowminded?

I ride both. They're different tools. If I'm going to ride 200 miles on the road, I prefer my road bike. If I'm wanting to go to the middle of nowhere on single track, I prefer my mountain bike.

Have you ever ridden a recumbent? If so, why? If not, describe the circumstances under which you would ride a recumbent.

No. I'd ride a recumbent if the closest food was 20 miles away and I didn't have any other way to get there. I suppose I could run but I only do that if something large and scary is chasing me.

Have you ever raced a triathlon? If so, have you also ever tried strangling yourself with dental floss?

No, I swim just like a Rock. Straight to the bottom and that's where I stay. If I raced a triathlon, there'd be no need for me to strangle myself.

Suppose you were forced to either give up ice cream or bicycles for the rest of your life. Which would you give up, and why?

That's easy, ice cream. Ice cream is good but it's not near the top of my favorite foods.

What is a question you think this questionnaire should have asked, but has not? Also, answer it.

Have you done a solo 24 hour race? If not, what are you waiting for? If yes, when are you doing your next one?

I've done 6 solo 24 hour mountain bike races and 4 races on the road that were longer. Hopefully I'll do a long race next year.

You’re riding your bike in the wilderness (if you’re a roadie, you’re on a road, but otherwise the surroundings are quite wilderness-like) and you see a bear. The bear sees you. What do you do?

This has actually happened to me twice. Fortunately I'm scary enough looking that both times the bear ran away from me. I slammed the brakes and gave them time to get away. As fast as they ran, they didn't need much time.

Since I already had my list of 6 bloggers chosen, I'm sticking with it instead of Fatty's three. Even he couldn't stop at three.

• Matt at Two Wheeled World - Matt and I were teammates on the Schwinn/Grand West team back in the mid-90's. Now He's a fast Pro and I just like to ride slow all day and night.
• Bradly at Bicycle Frenzy - I enjoy reading Bradly's blog but he's been busy lately getting engaged and moving.
• Yeti at UpaDowna - Local guy that plays outside and likes his beer
• Geoff at Fumbling Towards Endurance - Geoff is mainly a runner but he gave the Great Divide Race a try this year.
• Alex at The Bicycle Tutor - Alex makes great bike maintenance/repair videos. If you're not sure how to take care of your bike, you should head over and check out his videos.
• Juli and/or Chuck at Ex-Racers Gone Wild - Juli and Chuck recently moved here and are enjoying exploring the area. I haven't run into them yet but maybe I'll meet them sometime.

Yeti ARC X CX Bike 08 Price: $2349.00

Yeti 575 XTR Bike 08 Price: $5549.00

Yeti AS R Alloy XTR Bike 08 Price: $5649.00

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