Squirrel Power

[squirrel]

I built my first rat after seeing some of the guys bikes at collage cyclery . This year (feb) my wife came down with a rare form of cancer (nerve tumor).To pass the time I started dreaming about building a rat bike out of a old felt frame my boy Terry gave me.My wife was a world champion off road triathlete and a top 10 pro mountain biker.I was her mechanic for the past 8 years. She came down with her sickness and I all of a sudden had nothing to work on.I use to race salomn and Dh, so I have a lot of vintage dh stuff.This shows in my first bike the EL BANDITO.I hope you all like it, and am dreaming up a crazy new project that I am starting on real soon.Keep it greezy!!!
CANCER SUCKS YO! SQUIRREL

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Welcome! Thats a great looking bike. More pictures!

 

[Markm]

welcome!

 

[KOTA]

WELCOME!

 

[tomb]

Hey man, welcome!
All the best for you and your wife. You're right, cancer sucks!
-tom

 

[outsider13]

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Welcome, it will be interesting to see the mix of DH stuff
Yes cancer Sucks,

 

[squirrel]

Thanks yall for the great welcome and I am going to roll out another mtb crusier.

 

[sensor]

welcome aboard and hope everything works out well for you both!

 

[regulators00]

welcome
cool looking ride
and Cancer does suck, but she will kick its butt!

 

[Jube666]

Welcome!
Crazy looking bike!

My dad got cancer in '05-06, but now he's health. All the best to your wife and her supportcrew.

 

[karfer67]

finally got around to reading your intro. welcome buddy. now you gotta come on one of the rides.

 

[IronSpadeCycles]

Hey Squirrel, are you by chance friends with Willi Warren from Kona? He's an old friend of mine from Colorado and a fellow Pro DH'er as well as a rep for Kona Bikes. I too was bitten by the bug of long travel mountain bombers and although I never raced on the circuit I did run the Pro course at Crested Butte, Angelfire, and Winterpark from time to time. The annual Crested Butte Fat Tire Classic was one heck of a DH event and we made it a regular occurance each year.

I like your style and I wish your wife a speedy recovery. Let me know if i can help you in anyway. Talk soon, Travis

 

[squirrel]

Ya I grew up with Willy in Idaho.What a small world.Tell Schwilly if you see him I said what up!
Thanks for the welcome!
court

 

[IronSpadeCycles]

What a trip, Yeah I don't see much of Swilly since he moved to Grand Junction but when he was living up at the ranch with Tyler I saw him all the time. I'm out in So-Cal for another week or so then I relocating myself back to Texas, that's a long story for another time, but I'll be in Colorado again in a month or so to get my belongings out of storage. Where are you living at? Hey do you remember a guy named Steven Mitchner? He's another close bro of mine who also used to race DH. Him and his wife own a B&B in France which happens to be right on the "Tour de'" route. Steve set it up as a cyclist resort. He's supposed to be back in Denver in a couple of weeks.
Any who good to know how small my world really is, or just how many friggin people I know all over this rock we call home. Talk later Travis

 

[Gold Street Customs]

My LBC owner used to ride for Kona his name is Dave Jeffries anybody know him?

 

[squirrel]

the name sounds familular but I don't know.