In the spirit of benlikesbikes, I will try to keep this bike related.  Amy got me.  If you want to do it feel free and if you let me know, I will say you did me wrong and I tagged you in retaliation.  And then I will link to it...

1. My brother is faster, or at least was faster, than me when we raced BMX.  He is 3 years younger than me.

2. I wanted a mountain bike with front suspension very badly when I was fourteen.  I could not afford a new bike.  The first mountain biking I did was on a fully rigid, 24", neon orange with black splatter painted Huffy.  I loved it regardless.

3. One of my favorite sounds on this planet is the noise knobby tires make as they speed across and out of a Masonite quarter pipe.

4. I have never been taken to the hospital as a result of a cycling related injury.  I have only been in an ambulance once.  I probably should have been taken to the hospital in an ambulance a whole bunch of times.

5. Related to number four.  I fell during a qualifying heat of a BMX race when I was 15.  I remember pulling myself off the track and laying down in the grass.  The next thing I remember is picking my head up off a picnic table.  I thought I had taken a nap.  No, in actuality I just finished two hot dogs and had replaced my torn gloves.  I have never been able to remember that half hour.

6. I met the most fantastic girl in my life because I was hit by a car on my bike right in front of her.

here are the rules:

link to the person who tagged you.
post the rules on your blog.
write six random things about yourself.
tag six people at the end of your post.
let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog
let the tagger know when your entry is up.