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"To clear my head on a bad day.To fill my life with joy as I poke or speed along. To eat like a cow and drink like a fish."
- Karl Faruzal, WW/SoulRide Rider, NY state TT champ, bad bad man

"The way that I got into racing is a little pathetic now looking back. Well, the first part of it isn't but the second part is. I started as rehab after tearing ligaments, cartilage and having bone separating in the knee from 2 really bad skiing accidents . . . they didn't call me 'crash or calamity' as a kid for nothing! I have a sister that is 5 years older than me and her boyfriend at the time was on the Canadian National Cycling Team and as I emulated everything that he did from the way that I talked to the way that I dressed, I figured that if I had to ride a bike for recovery, then I had better race (like Cameron did)!

Well, the hook was firmly set and I was going to be a bike racer after that. I am not a super competitive person during anything except when I am racing and watch out because once I get through the initial pain of the first 15-20 minutes, then it is all business for me. Riding a bike is enjoyable but racing is where it all comes together for me! Why do dogs lick themselves - because they can! Why do we race - because we can . . . not because we can't lick ourselves -sick-o!!"

-Michael, Spot Brand, Single Speeder

"endorphins."

-Josie Shew, FSVS Queen of the Mac, all around bad ass, nice too.

"When a group of four are doing a perfectly synchronized rotation at 28 mph!
You're going up a hill, peddle stroke for peddle stroke with a rival, and you hear the click of his down shift.
Cresting the hill after a long climb and immediately downshifting and listening to the fracas behind you!
The silence of the peloton just before a hard climb!
Looking over at someone and realizing they're at 100% and you're at 90%!
After the completion of a very long, hard ride and the realization that everyone in the group that day went beyond the limits that they thought they had before the ride!
For that moment, even though you're maxed out, your performance feels effortless!
Riding with a 20 mph tailwind!
Riding into a 20 mph headwind!
you just got off the bike after a hot summer ride
and your feet leave wet imprints on the garage floor!
Your leading out a sprint, and no one pulls around you!
You hear people cursing your name!
Cold Pepsi and Pop Tart after that hard ride!"

-Mark Wise, Ironman Triathlete, wicked fast guy