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About the webmaster
silly picture of me "flying"
Name: Stephen Maeder
E-mail: [email protected]
Age: 21
Birthdate: February 27, 1979
Height: 6' 1/4"
Weight: 173 lbs.
Class: Expert
Bikes: Brisa Stock and Mod Bikes
Sponsor: Brisa
Athletic Background: Volleyball (JV and Varsity in High-School), Track (200 m, 400 m), Cross Country Running, and skimboarding.
Short History of my BikeTrials Life...
I've been riding bikes all my life, but never anything but road on my Trek hybrid until November 1997, when I bought a 19" Schwinn mountain bike and started mountain biking. I started practicing trials on my mountain bike January of 1998 (read how I got into trials). In April 1998, I got a Ross 164 mod bike, and in February 1999, I got a 1999 Monty X-Lite mod. I toasted that frame within 4 months (if you didn't know, the first generation frames had a design flaw, causing the seat tube to rip out of the top tube at the weld) and got a warrantied 2000 X-Lite frame. Right after I put the new bike together, I upgraded to Expert on June 19, 1999 for Cook Brothers Hopfest. I'll be practicing with the goal of doing well in Expert Mod. Of course, I don't really care about winning, I ride for fun. It's just that doing well and improving is fun for me. I got 3rd place in Expert Mod at Mammoth Nationals July 16, 1999, and 1st place in Expert Mod at Observed Trials Magazine Annual Comp #1 in late September. I've won a couple Fontana events, and also won the Austin, Texas trials comp this year. Not to mention taking first expert mod at Motorama 2000...
More Personal
I will be a 4th year at UCLA, majoring in Philosophy. I haven't had time to update this page much, but hope to soon! (8/19/2000) I ride trials about 5 hours a week.
My Personal Records (these are almost definitely out of date...)
Sidehop
Both tires - 34" (4/2000)
Bashguard - 34" (higher...)
Gap - about 6'
Stair-jump: 144 stairs (9 floors (1st to 10th)) in 6:30
Pedal-up: 41" to bashguard with a 2-pedal (3/12/00)
Bunnyhop up: 48.5" to bashguard, with a LOT of space (2/27/00)
Rear-wheel up with pedal-up: 34"
Pedal-kick gap: 6'9" all rear wheel in Austin, Texas in a gap comp
Rear-wheel drop: 7' to boulder (9/5/99); 6.5' to soft dirt (8/17/99)
Bunnyhop: ?-30" (bunnyhopping OVER things is an alien concept to me)
© 2000 Stephen Maeder
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