Integration

I started riding around the neighborhood on banana seat bikes, jumping curbs, progressing to building jumps in the woods and hitting up the local BMX track as a grom in grade school to early middle school.  Traded in the 2-wheels for 4 attached to a wooden plank for 3 years, then a broken ankle from said 4-wheeled toy led back to two wheels for rehab in the then-developing mountain bike movement. 

Tomac, Hans Rey and Wiens posters shared wall space with Jason Jesse and Neil Blender and still do.  Tomac was amazing melded downhill and cross country.  Trials and street were different entities and the disciples were mostly segregated.  Chris Akrigg blends them all and inspires.  I want a bike to do them all, not that I have a chance of every doing any of this, but it would be fun to try (even if it comes with a that sound track).