BEAR NECESSITIES, Pt. 1: FINDING SUSTENANCE
"Here eat this..." With that, I devoured the mashed up marshmallow and peanut butter sandwich that Mark had pulled out of his Camelbak. It was, to the best of my recollection, the only time that I have ever truly "bonked." Halfway up a seemingly endless fire road on a mountain near State College, Pennsylvania I got off of my bike and laid down. No mas! I had nothing left and I needed something to eat...now. In those early years of what would become our "big rides" I really didn't have much of an idea of how to properly eat before a ride and what to pack for the ride. Hence...there I was lying wasted on a dusty fire road eating my friend's peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich! Like bears in the woods, we all have different ways of finding sustenance on the trail. Pictured from top left to right (top row first): Glenn Medice, Tim Sindlinger, Mark Lentz, Kristian Hains, Dave Raymond, Mike Nardelli, Bill Graves, Matt Linnane, & Kevi...