My cycling journey started somewhat typically, with a deliberately hefty boost from my father, effectively sending me careening down the sidewalk and resulting in a very skinned knee. I was encouraged to go back inside for some bandages, but I insisted that I give it another shot, and I’ve been on two wheels ever since.
During college, my interest in the bicycle expanded from just enjoying the ride to becoming more involved with the machine itself. In 2004 I put together my first road bike, and by then I was hooked. The differences in the ride quality of a stock bike and the bikes that I had been assembling were immediately apparent. These early stages of working out my own preferences naturally led to more curiosity about how the bicycle can lend itself to a person’s particular needs or desires from the machine. The seed had been planted.