I love the cycling community as much as I love cycling itself. Given a society where we could all drift along in comfort, there's a subset that seeks to define itself by pushing the bounds of what each and every one of us can do. Watching my friends makes me so happy in this regard... it's the inspiration I "take" from them.
Craig can climb singletrack like he's still on a 500cc two stroke. Jon threads the needle on the downhills making them look easy. Shawn lives for 'cross season, and dishes out the punishment in a very refined looking manner, riding the tightest off camber course twists with grace. Dolye takes away all but one gear and doesn't let anything slow him down. Tori suffers it out with with nothing but good spirits and knows how to bring fun wherever she goes. Cyrus has begun really dishing it out in some road races.
Which leaves Dallas...
He's always been a powerhouse. Large amounts of power for long periods of time are his thing. So much so, that he signed up for the Texas Time Trials with the confidence to take on the shortest category time for the 500 miler... based around his preferred sleep/ride schedule rather than prior experience with the event.
The end result? Showing up not to ride it, but to win it outright. A machine amongst machines. Congrats Dallas, awesome ride.
thanks friend.
ReplyDeletewanna sponsor me for RAAM? :0)