From day job to pro cyclist

[54ny77]

https://youtu.be/Gy7Rd7OQd-0

Pretty cool. He's done a bit more than living the cat 3 dream.....

[wallymann]

cool. wonder what his LT wattage might be. and his weight -- looks heavy compared to a typical emaciated pro.

great story...wish him success!

[ultraman6970]

Some people have everything to be great and they dont even know it because never took the sport at all.

Amazing what the dude did, clearly he had it.

[54ny77]

Reminds me of the storied rise of Evelyn Stevens.

From finance desk job to pro in a year or two.

He seems to have has the resources to chase it. Why the heck not, esp. if realizing success. Seems pretty modest about it all.

[Louis]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

Reminds me of the storied rise of Evelyn Stevens.

From finance desk job to pro in a year or two.

The granite of NH in her muscles and her brain...

https://youtu.be/4FFVzc6qa0U

[trener1]

Man I'd love to have a plan cave like that

[RobJ]

Wow great story. You never know until you try. He seems to have a great attitude and would love to see him do well.


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[weisan]

watching the way he rides in the group, he reminds me of Mathieu van der Poel, similar build, very aggressive and dominant.

[oldpotatoe]

Hope he's a great wrench or has a great wrench..those TREKs are a PITA to put together..

[tombtfslpk]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Hope he's a great wrench or has a great wrench..those TREKs are a PITA to put together..

I looked at the photos of this years Pro Bikes, and thought the same thing. Hidden cabling gone berserk.....and yes, the Treks are a pain. Working on some convinced me not to buy one.

Sorry for the interruption, back to the thread.

[coreydoesntknow]

His ability to cope with that amount of fatigue over one year is the most astonishing to me

[simonov]

Originally Posted by coreydoesntknow

His ability to cope with that amount of fatigue over one year is the most astonishing to me

I had the same thought. I once rode 20K in a year and felt absolutely hollowed out and that's after years of riding reasonably high mileage. To put in the work he did after just starting riding and not utterly collapse is, well, it's something.

[veggieburger]

Great story, thanks for sharing!

[peanutgallery]

I had a good customer break a shift cable on a Saturday last summer so I agreed to replace it while he waited as a solid for someone who buys a pile of stuff from me. He waited for a while. The internal routing was worse than a Jamis or a Raleigh...which is saying something. I actually called in on Monday and ragged a bit, they pretended like the didn't understand. Thanking the gods I'm not a dealer. When your product and development is in an echo chamber and the engineers have never turned a wrench...

They also stick direct mount brake calipers under the chainstays...idiots

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Hope he's a great wrench or has a great wrench..those TREKs are a PITA to put together..

[93KgBike]

Wow. Good for him, and what a great marriage he must've built. Well, done.