Ride Against the Machine

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Chris Plesko

Chris Plesko is a unique individual.  Loads of natural talent, a warm personality, and an unquenchable fire for the things he loves.  Although he often gives credit to the instigator, Chris was a big impetus in getting the team going, his enthusiasm and fire brought things to a whole new level and it couldn't have happened without him.  Whether supporting the wife he adores, out camping in the snow, finishing top 10 solo at 24 Hours of Moab against some of the best riders in the country or hurtling his Galant down Bandimere's dragstrip faster than an early 90s 4-door sedan should ever go (see #719), Chris never does anything halfway.

What a lot of people don't realize is that Chris worked very hard to get where he is today.  People see him now and just figure he's always had success, but just like the rest of us, Chris has had his moments shattered on the side of the trail holding a Clif bar, he affectionately refers to it as the "Plesko 2005 training program".  But those moments, or pushing himself past the low points, are what drove him to be as motivated as he is today.  It's motivation like that which separates those simply with natural talents from those who become true champions.

Let's see Chris' interview questions...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 April 2008 00:15 Read more...
 

Michelle Arentzen

The saying goes "behind every good man is a good woman" and that's fitting with Michelle as our next interviewee following her husband Erik's interview. Another cyclist who also races cars, Michelle started racing bikes for CSU in college. Since then she's primarily been a road biker but has slowly been converting over to the dirt. Last year she showed her strength winning the Winter Park Hill Climb for the Beginner 19-29 women. She is also sporting a new Yeti 575 to help tame all those rocks and roots off road. In addition to her spreading her wings into the mountain bike arena, Michelle also did an excellect job racing with the team last year at the Cherry Creek time trial series. This year she's battling a neck injury and trying to get healthy but I know she's looking very forward to being able to get back on the bike as soon as possible.

Let's hear from Michelle herself now...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 March 2008 02:48 Read more...
 

Erik Arentzen

Erik is an original member of the car club that grew into the bike group that Scott roped into trying the Leadville 100 MTB race in 2005. Always tough and a strong racer, Erik not only finished the LT100 on his first try, but did so through a terrible asthma attack that put him in the hospital after the race! Since then he's finished again in 2006, raced hard in the Winter Park series moving up to the Sport class last season and continually improved throughout two seasons of racing the Cherry Creek time trial series.

Last season a bunch of the team also joined Erik on one of his yearly traditions, riding to the summit of Mount Evans on the forth of July. Erik organized a big group and it was a lot of fun climbing above 14,000 feet on a bike! This year you're equally likely to find Erik on his road bike, time trial machine, singlespeed mountain bike or his full suspension rig. Let's see what else he's got planned...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 March 2008 05:51 Read more...
 


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