Who We Are & What We Ride!

Our Mountain Bike Race Team, sponsored by Trek Bicycle of Columbus is made up of riders from the Columbus area and beyond. Our Team Riders are: Jason Barker -your blog author, Joe , Amanda , Judson and when his busy schedule allows - the local owner of our two Stores , Chris. We all ride for many reason but the most common ones would be passion for the sport, fitness, fun with family/friends, competition and cycling advocacy.
I have been working in the Cycling industry now for just over five years, most of which I have worked as a bike mechanic and I love it. My cycling career began early on with my father, doing my first race around age 9 or so on my BMX bike. Gradually I moved into road cycling, competing at the junior level of the United States Cycling Federation (USCF), racing till about age 15 and I now find myself right back in the thick of cycling but this time on the Trail instead of the Road...
I ride and race Gary Fisher mountain bikes and haven't found or ridden anything that comes close to a Fisher. I currently have a 06' Fisher Paragon 29er' as my main race bike, a 05' Fisher Rig Single Speed 29er' for single-speed races and endurance events. Joe is on a Trek 9.8 Carbon race bike and a Fisher Rig 29er' , Amanda races a Fisher Paragon 29er' and Rig 29er' , Jud has a Fisher HiFi (full-suspension) and a Fisher Ziggurat and Chris rides a Fisher Paragon 29er' and Soon to be on a Fisher Rig 29er' Single Speed. Joe, Amanda and I would be the weight wennies of the bunch and have gone to great length and cost to get our race bikes a light as possible. Right now my Paragon is around 24.5 lbs, Amanda has had her Paragon down to 23-23.5 lbs and Joe's Carbon Trek has got us all beat at 21.5 lbs!

My Fisher Rig...
Paragon - noun : A Model of Perfection