A person could look at just about any set of pictures from a mountain bike race and when you get to the podium shots there is almost always a picture that it would seem a homeless person worked his way into the photo. The guy has a beard so scruffy because he hasn't shaved in about 8 months and is wearing a button up short sleeve shirt that is pretty baggy on him along with some cut off shorts. Your thinking "What is this guy doing at a bike race?", and then you realize that he just kicked everyones ass on an all rigid fixed gear single speed!!! You didn't see his bike because he as done so early that he already had it loaded up before you emerged from the woods.
Actually that last little bit reminds me of my first race ever, it was a duathlon at Clinton Lake. I finally made my way to the finish line and pretty much everyone had already loaded their bikes and many people were already gone!!! I guess they didn't realize that they were going to get the opportunity to see a well over 200 lb guy with blood stains on his legs come staggering across the finish line, it was well worth the wait for those that saw it.
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