This guy is a BEAST

[yukichigai]

I live in Carson City, as some of you may know, and among the few solid, unshakeable fixtures in the town is the presence of Glenn Lucky, a guy with cerebral palsy who is seen all over town, riding on his three-wheeler. I knew he rode a lot, even hauled a trailer with signs behind him for a day job, but I had no freakin' idea he rode 25 to 40 miles a day until I found this article in the local paper.

Erm... yeah, that's pretty much all I have. This guy is a beast.

 

[Evadman]

The new trike weighs just 24 pounds, compared to 85 for the old one. It also has three disc brakes and a basket between the rear wheels large enough to hold his walker.

:Q

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

His bike builder - it looks like a neat company, and apparently they make a variety of special-needs HPVs. 24 pounds is damned light for a trike with 3 disc brakes. I have a fairly exotic titanium hardtail MTB and it weighs slightly more than that.

 

[Siva]

that's a damn cool job too

 

[notfred]

25-40 miles a day isn't really that far, plenty of people do that.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: notfred
25-40 miles a day isn't really that far, plenty of people do that.

No, it's not, but in all fairness, the guy has CP.

Years ago in the Rivendell Reader (a newsletter published by Rivendell Bicycles), they had a story about a slightly mentally-disabled guy who AVERAGES something like 150-200 miles per day, every day. He is like the Forrest Gump of cycling. I wish I could find that article, but it sounded as though he's probably the most prolific cyclist in history.

 

[Atomicus]

Originally posted by: notfred
25-40 miles a day isn't really that far, plenty of people do that.

Yes, let us bash on people with disabilities and compare them with people that are healthy. :frown:

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: notfred
25-40 miles a day isn't really that far, plenty of people do that.

No, it's not, but in all fairness, the guy has CP.

40 miles a day would kill the average American if you just threw them right into it. It's extra-badass that this guy has CP and still rides that much. :thumbsup:😀

Years ago in the Rivendell Reader (a newsletter published by Rivendell Bicycles), they had a story about a slightly mentally-disabled guy who AVERAGES something like 150-200 miles per day, every day. He is like the Forrest Gump of cycling. I wish I could find that article, but it sounded as though he's probably the most prolific cyclist in history.

Crap...now I can't remember that guy's name. Danny Chew is another freakazoid mileage guy, but that's not who you're referring to.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Crap...now I can't remember that guy's name. Danny Chew is another freakazoid mileage guy, but that's not who you're referring to.

Yeah, the guy I'm talking about was not a competitive rider, just a strange grown-up kid, and the overwhelming majority of the miles (well into the hundreds of thousands) were on Huffy/Murray-caliber bikes. He talked about buying bikes from Sear's (which offered a lifetime warranty), riding them for 10,000 miles, then bringing them back under warranty when they'd break. My recollection is that Waterford had given him a bike at some point, which was obviously a lot better, but he still rode with it heavily laden (something like 30-40 lb of various crap), and had never used cycling-specific clothing or clipless pedals.

Actually some of those ultramarathon riders are themselves kinda strange, and I recall seeing Danny Chew on Stern a few years ago in a "Guess the Virgin" contest - he was, of course, the virgin, at age 37!

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: Atomicus

Originally posted by: notfred
25-40 miles a day isn't really that far, plenty of people do that.

Yes, let us bash on people with disabilities and compare them with people that are healthy. :frown:

Equality is a bitch. Screw em I say. They already get all the good parking spaces.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: fredtam

Originally posted by: Atomicus

Originally posted by: notfred
25-40 miles a day isn't really that far, plenty of people do that.

Yes, let us bash on people with disabilities and compare them with people that are healthy. :frown:

Equality is a bitch. Screw em I say. They already get all the good parking spaces.

Aren't you late to teach your weekly sensitivity training session? 😛

 

[fredtam]

Ther are two guys like that in my hometown. One lived down the street from me and I've seen him 25 miles from home.

 

[BuckNaked]

I see him frequently going down 395 on the south end of town when I am passing through Carson City. My hats off to the guy!

 

[GMElias]

cool
-Elias

 

[MrCodeDude]

That's a great feel good story.