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In my freshmen year of college I was given an old lugged aluminum road bike for transportation. It didn't fit me, had downtube shifters and mix of ancient rusted parts, but goddammit it was fast. Shortly thereafter I acquired clipless pedals and black lycra shorts - I was hooked. By my second semester in school I was riding my bicycle more often than I was attending class. 7 months into my first year at college, I dropped out and started bike racing. With a summer of competition under my belt, I saved my money over the following winter and moved out to California.

I was gonna go pro and no-one was going to stop me. I survived a few NRC races, but by the middle of the season I had absolutely destroyed myself with my ambitions. I was over trained to the point where I could not get out of bed for several days. I quit right then and there. I didn't ride my bike again for several months and assumed I was done racing. I skipped the entire 2005 and 2006 racing calendar and focused on the other neglected areas of my life; family, friends, music and art.

I caught the racing bug again in late 2006. I downgraded all the way back to a lowly Cat 4, because I really did feel like I was starting over again. I've since moved back into the Cat 2 class, with the temptation of overachievement dangling as a tasty morsel once again.

Well that's all I've got, so enjoy my music and madness as it comes sliding out of my ass and into your mouth.

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What does 53x11 mean?
Properly spoken as "Fifty-three Eleven," (drop the "x") it stands for the common highest gear ratio found on road bikes. For example, "He sprinted to across the finish line in his 53x11!" or "Pantani shifted down to 53x11 and destroyed them on the climb".