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| Location: |
| Dekalb, Illinois |  |
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| Club Affiliation: |
Blackhawk Bicycle and Ski Club
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| Member Since: |
April 2007 |
 5 Year Distance Chart
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| 2024 Miles Traveled: |
0
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| 2024 Rank: |
currently unranked |
| Lifetime Odometer: |
4,538 miles
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History:
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As a kid living in a little tiny town in central Illinois with a tyrant for a stepfather the only outlet I had was getting on my red Panasonic 10 speed and riding away for a while. Once I moved to DeKalb I didn't have a bike for years and wlaked or rode the bus if I wasn't able to drive. I Started riding a mountain bike a couple miles back and forth daily to lose baby weight from my twins in 2005, then gave up the mountain bike after some guy on a road bike went flying past me on a country road. Bought a Fuji Road Bike at a garage sale and rode it for a year including the Biking with Beanzie ride...we did 47 miles that day and I thought it was the best thing ever. After that I decided to upgrade to something lighter that actually fit me. I decided on the Trek 1000. I can't say that I had or even now have a good knowledge about bikes and components but it was featured in Bicycling Magazine and after trying it out in the parking lot I decided to just go for it. I bought it in the spring of '07. Surpassed my goal in '07 and was really proud of myself. This was thanks in a big way to a friend who loves to be on a bike as well as to joining the Blackhawk Bicycle and Ski Club, who have to be the friendliest group of people I've met in a long time. Last year I started commuting to and from work - not out of necessity but just for the heck of it, I realized I'd rather be on the bike than doing just about anything else... so for '08 I bought myself a commuter bike and with the help of T.D. at the LBS I decided on a Gary Fisher Wingra, which we decked out with fenders and a rack. This also gave me a reason to buy new stuff for my Trek since I was putting some of my components on the Wingra :) Anyway, that's my story. |
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