# About the original webmaster

![head7b2](/head7b2.gif)

silly picture of me "flying"

Name: Stephen Maeder

Age: 21

Birthdate: February 27, 1979

Height: 6' 1/4"

Weight: 173 lbs.

Class: Expert

Bikes: Brisa Stock and Mod Bikes

Sponsor: [Brisa](https://web.archive.org/web/20020924103003/http://brisabikes.com/)

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](/articles/me-trials_story.html)). In April 1998, I got a Ross 164 mod bike, and in February 1999, I got a [1999 Monty X-Lite mod.](/mymonty/) 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](/monty/version.html). 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.

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My Personal Records (these are almost definitely out of date...)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)