Shawn Pollock
Shawn is from Bozeman and Billings, MT and graduated from Montana State.
I’ve been riding for almost 30 years and love it for the challenge (both technical and endurance), stress relief (it’s a life saver), adrenaline rush and adventure. While I’ve done little ‘bike racing’ I used to do a lot of adventure racing and love big, long mentally challenging suffer fests … I look forward to getting my first bike-packing trip(s) in this summer.
I don’t have a favorite bike race but my favorite race would have been the Wild Wonderful AR in West Virginia … ~32 hours of navigating the backwoods of Appalachia via map and compass with 4 friends (without sleeping).
And I can’t pick a favorite place to ride … Fruita, Winter Park, Gowdy, Salida, Crested Butte, Big Sky … they’re all great and all have their special qualities.
I love coaching for several reasons … it’s a great opportunity for kids not interested in traditional sports and I know how important sports were to me when growing up, I’ve seen how my boys have matured through their involvement in Ciclismo, and it’s a lifetime activity … teach a kid to love riding and develop a bit of passion and they have decades of opportunity in front of them, even if they push it aside for a while.