BICYCLE RACE
In 1985, my brother and I entered a bicycle race in our home town of Bedford, Pennsylvania. I'd bet the only reason I entered the race in the first place was because Jake did....back then he was significantly more into these types of events than I was. Honestly, I have no memory of the race (let alone the outcome). It wasn't until I found an old pic of me (dressed in very 1980s sweats) standing on my tip toes over my Huffy Omni 10-speed bike that the vaguest memories of even being there came back to me. 12 year old me prior to my first bike race. It looks like the staging area was the old Bedford Primary School on South Juliana Street -- October 1985 My younger brother, Jacob Raymond -- October 1985 Fast forward more than twenty five years...to 2007, 2008, and 2009...a three year period in which I was really into mountain bike racing. It seemed like Mark, Glenn, Mikey, and I had a race almost each week during the Spring and Summer ...