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 and neither could my parents.  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.