Inspired by my good friend Grant Curry, who now owns this piece. We started biking together as something fun to do about 2 years ago just for kicks. We'd ride and I'd joke about sticking a bike pump in his spokes as the evil Italian bike racer (see Breaking Away) . About a year into it he really started to become obsessed, but in a good way. Now he travels around the country doing 100 mile rides in the mountains and trains constantly. He went to a bicycle mechanics school recently and frequents a Diabetes Training Camp where he and others train and ride together and search for the delicate balance of staying fit, living with and controlling their Diabetes.. pretty amazing stuff.
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