Welcome to Radek's Bicyclist Page

First, a few post-crash pictures. It's a jungle out there. Y'all be carefull out there but make sure to have fun. Click on the small picture to get the full benefit of an in your face mug shot.

 

I started cycling in 1985 as a means of transportation. I was getting ready to start my senior year in college, and working as a summer intern at a Silicon Valley company. The 10 mile commute seemed ideal for a bicycle.

My first bike was a clunker; a Sears FreeSpirit, but I logged about 2000 miles on it before it just plain gave up. It was on this bike that I overcame my first big challenge; riding from my home in Sunnyvale to Santa Cruz and back, a total of 100 miles and 5000' of climbing. This was in 1987 and I haven't looked back since.

In 1987 I bought my first real bike, a Univega Alpina Pro, and put on about 10,000 miles and numerous metric centuries before finally selling it. In 1988 I bought my first racing bike, an aqua-and-silver Univega Vivatech.

My current collection consists of

I enjoy tooling around in the Santa Cruz mountains and the hills around Milpitas and Fremont. If you'd like to join me, send me email. I'm now a lazy slob who doesn't ride much.

The following are some of the highlights of my touring history. All these tours were done unassisted -- assisted tours are for wimps. :-)
Radek Aster <radek dot aster at gmail dot com>