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I’ve not so long ago resumed another pastime of mine, riding bikes, as a healthful and fun substitute to racing RC cars.  The bike in question is a Redline road bike, and thanks to the city of Santa Clarita where I live, I have miles and miles of consecrated biking paths available to me.

I’m surely not the only one who enjoys riding bikes in the RC community.  In fact my leisurely bike rides are not one thing equated to assorted friends of mine who race all-out on the mountain biking scene.  One is AKA’s Mark Pavidis, multi-time National and World Champion.  He took up mountain biking a few years ago and has since become rather a strength in the racing world (big surprise that Mark is an magnificent bike racer?  I think not!).  Mark’s passion for mountain biking is obvious, as he regularly posts updates regarding his training and racing on his Facebook page.  As an added bonus, Mark looks like he’s in the shape of his life!  Great occupation Mark!

Another RC racing friend of mine has taken mountain biking to even higher levels, getting ranked on the National circuit.  I met Justin Mann and his wife Allison in the early 2000′s at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in Hemet.  After assorted years of competitory RC racing, Justin and Allison clipped in to their firstborn mountain bikes in 2005, and have since totally transformed both themselves and their lives.  Justin’s blog (themannadventure.blogspot.com/) is a fun read, as he chronicles his and his wife’s adventures on and off the trails.  Hey Justin–BRAAP!

Yet another friend of mine into mountain biking is Eric Schutt, a current RCCA contributor.  Not only does Eric ride, he works full time in the biking industry, firstborn at SRAM and now at an indoor mountain biking park in Wisconsin.

Were you conscious that so a good deal of RC guys were also into mountain biking?  Maybe reading his blog may motivate you to find an active and stimulating sparetime activity outside of RC.  Like all things in life, our hobbies help remainder the stress.  Whether it’s RC’ing or mountain biking or both, we may all take delight in multiple hobbies if we plainly give them a try.