2007 Catalog - Salsa Cycles

Hooked For Life
In 1988 I moved out to Flagstaff, Arizona to attend Northern Arizona
University and met a crazy dude named Johnny Vegas in the dorm. He
had a pink and green Stumpjumper that he rode to class and on the trails.
Soon enough I was convinced that I needed a mountain bike.
I bought one and riding the trails in the Elden system hooked me quick. There were sections
that I couldn’t clean and hills I couldn’t climb and that’s what kept me coming back for more.
Eight years of riding the trails around Flagstaff and Sedona destroyed countless bike parts, battered
my body, and got me hooked on mountain biking for life. – Dave
Good Morning….
I grew up on a sugar beet farm in northern Minnesota. For those that
don’t know what that’s like, I was one of the “lucky” kids who got to skip
school two to three days a week during harvest. At the time, that was the
only perk I could realize.
Farmers get up early. Darn early by some standards. I hated it. I was the
youngest in my family and this meant I got the crappy jobs like washing
windows, cleaning out air filters, and refueling the equipment. Worst of all,
while most of my friends were sleeping, I was working. Little did I know that
one of the things I hated the most would so greatly impact my life.
Getting up so early as a kid turned out to be one of the greatest things that could
ever have happened to me. For years I tried hard to shake the early morning wake
up routine, but I couldn’t and it has stayed with me. The morning time is the only
real personal time I get. Anyone who has young kids, a personal life, and a full-time
job knows what I’m talking about.
Over the last couple of years, I’ve been using this time to ride. I can’t tell you
how good this has been. Not only do I use this time to work out some issues,
both personal and professional, but it’s cool being the first person on the
trail, seeing the sunrise, surprising the early morning wildlife, and breaking
through the spider webs! Give it a try. You just might like it! – Jason