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Rider:

GTCannon member offline

Ways to connect:

n/a

Location:

Spring, Texas

Club Affiliations:

Woodlands Cycling Club
team bikejournal

Road Category:

Category 5

Member Since:

June 2003

5 Year Distance Chart

2019 Miles Traveled:

5,761

2019 Rank:

# 183 of 1,875 riders
(outdoor rides only)

Lifetime Odometer:

57,886 miles

History:

I rode quite a bit in my late teens and early 20’s while growing up in SE Pennsylvania (River Road, Rt. 32, and I are old buddies). I rode an old Fuji that I got from who knows where. After college I moved to Houston, got a job and went on to other sports (volleyball, basketball, etc.), leaving cycling behind. As I started getting older those new sports just got to be too much and I stopped participating in sports all together. The job, married life and my new family just took too much time.

I started riding again in 1998 to help relieve some of the stress of modern living and to loose a few extra pounds. I got my Murray mountain bike from a pawnshop, figuring I’d go cheap until I found out if I really enjoyed the sport again. Within a few months I realized I was hooked again and went out a bought my GT road bike. I averaged about 1500 miles per year for the next few years, mostly riding alone. I was almost on the verge of either cutting back on the sport or giving it up all together when 2 things happen. I found co-workers to ride with (greko and grex) AND I discovered bikejournal. My enthusiasm for the sport was rekindled and I have been riding about 3500 a year for the past few years. As of now, I seem myself continuing in the sport for quite some time to come.

1998 - 783 miles
1999 - 1640 miles
2000 - 2819 miles
2001 - 2160 miles
2002 - 2010 miles
2003 - 2023 miles
2004 - 3741 miles
2005 - 4477 miles
2006 - 4148 miles
2007 - 4110 miles
2008 - 4507 miles
2009 - 1407 miles (Hip Replacement & pacemaker)
2010 - 2627 miles
2011 - 2758 miles
2012 - 2622 miles (Dislocated Shoulder)
2013 - 2276 miles
2014 - 3258 miles
2015 - 2883 miles
2016 - 3653 miles
2017 - 3038 miles ( hip replacement )
2018 - 5201 miles

Bicycles

	Haro Calevera Hardtail XC Mountain bike
	2019 Odometer: 42.5 miles Lifetime Odometer: 73.6 miles

	2018 Pure Fix Steel Dragon Road bike
	2019 Odometer: 2,597.5 miles Lifetime Odometer: 3,917.4 miles

	2015 GT Backwoods Hardtail XC Mountain bike
	2019 Odometer: 579.8 miles Lifetime Odometer: 2,953.8 miles

	2012 GT Aggressor 3.0 Hardtail XC Mountain bike
	Lifetime Odometer: 3,666.0 miles

	Pacific Hardtail XC Mountain bike
	2019 Odometer: 25.1 miles Lifetime Odometer: 512.3 miles

	2008 Schwinn Prologue Time Trial Road bike
	2019 Odometer: 249.0 miles Lifetime Odometer: 4,589.3 miles

	2007 LeMond Reno Road bike
	2019 Odometer: 1,312.8 miles Lifetime Odometer: 14,257.6 miles

	2004 Cannondale R600 Road bike
	Description: Used for group rides on the weekend and organized rides. 2019 Odometer: 659.7 miles Lifetime Odometer: 17,311.2 miles

	1998 GT Rave Road bike
	Description: 1st real road bike. Currently used for 'neighborhood rides' (15 - 30 miles in and around my subdivision) 2019 Odometer: 230.2 miles Lifetime Odometer: 14,355.6 miles

	Murray Trainer XC Mountain bike
	Description: Murray mountain bike - used for neighborhood ride at night (to handle the unseen potholes) and in wet weather (for better traction) Use as trainer in 2018 onward 2019 Odometer: 64.8 miles Lifetime Odometer: 2,975.0 miles

	FIT Fit. Conn. Stationary bike
	2019 Odometer: 30.0 miles Lifetime Odometer: 413.6 miles

	other Stationary bike
	Description: Ascent Trainer Lifetime Odometer: 35.7 miles

No planned events for 2019

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