Cycling

C Y C L I N G

This wooden track in Detroit was 125 meters around, with 60-degree bankings (this is NOT an aerial photo). The lap record was under 8 seconds. My teammate Craig Elliott (below) is about to sling me into to the race. c1976

I became infatuated with cycling around the age of 13, and acquired my first racing license in 1971. I started racing in England on an old Falcon with steel cranks. I rode in the first bike race Greg LeMond ever saw. I dropped out of college to go the Olympic Trials in 1976 and was selected to the U.S. National Team, but retired the next year when I graduated from college and took a real job.

*How's this for a crash!!?*

BICYCLES I HAVE KNOWN   I've been through a few bikes in my life and still
      favor the designs of the mid to late 1970s. Framesets were at
      their sleekest and most refined, and the Campagnolo Nuovo
      Record and Super Record component gruppos have never
      been surpassed for utility, durability or aesthetics. My bikes
      still have that old equipment and they perform as new. I only
      wish I held up as well. I am presently riding a Richard
      Sachs and a GIOS Torino, after going
      through, in order, a Peugeot, Falcon, Carleton, Argos, Bianchi,
      and a Stowe. Thank goodness for Vintage Velos, I can still look like an old
      timer.

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