How to Get an Artist Hooked on Cycling
"When I graduated from high school in 2005, I had no car, no rent—I lived in an art gallery in Los Angeles," says Adam K. Masters, 28, a cycling tour guide and bike salesman. But a spontaneous change of direction while riding his bike one day changed everything.
"I was riding my Cannondale R800 to pick up cookies when I stopped to check out a bike shop. People started looking me up and down. A man named Frank Potts said, 'You should be a bike racer.'
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"When he took me to the velodrome in Carson, California, I was overwhelmed by how cool the wooden, banked track was. Not only did I get certified to ride the track that day, but I also accidentally won three beginner races. The instructor let me line up, and I just went as hard as I could.
"I'd never seen cycling as a competitive sport—I'd always been an artist, and most of the ones I knew weren't big on physical activity—but I was hooked."
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