Mine I’m gonna say it was by accident. I live a life of feast or famine. I’m either earning $100,000 a year and investing in real estate, or sleeping at the Salvation Army. Tho I have leveled out now in my mid life.
I am a shopper, a bargain hunter. I get a little ill at the grocery store if I go over $50.00. I do like my toys tho- electronics, bikes, motorcycles and my classic Lincoln (leaves the driveway maybe twice a month). Oh, and sushi.
Being a chef believing in local, fresh, cage free, sustainable and organic foods – I decided a few years ago that driving should be an indulgence and not a necessity, so I sold my Park Avenue and started looking for an inexpensive bike. Came across my A2R on KSL.com, after doing some research, went for a test ride. Rode the living snot out of it, hence the A2MS build. And the rest is history. Point is it was a steal, guy didn’t know what he had.
First mountain bike was a Western Flyer,http://www.livestrong.com/article/398581-western-flyer-bicycle-history/ purchased at the Western Auto Store in Haskell, Texas circa in ’83? ’84? That thing was a TANK. There weren’t any mountains for several hundred miles, but I sure pissed off some cotton farmers.
