Larry Grossman
Sponsor/Team: SQUIRT LUBE
Hometown: Eagle, CO
Where are you from?
Born and raised in New Jersey, Moved to Florida in 72, chased women in college in Tallahassee until 83, moved to Wyoming then Colorado in 83, been here ever since.
What kind of bike do you ride
Salsa El Santo for Now, Felt Carbon Niner Hard tail on deck...
What do you love about it?
It's a lifestyle for me, bike does not matter much.
Solo or team competitor? Why?
Team, isn't life all about team work? Plus I need someone to bitch to when the climbing gets brutal. Who's My Teammate? Dewet Marais, partner/owner of SQUIRT LUBE, also age 51
Done any ultra-endurance stuff before?
24 Hours of Moab 4 times, Breck Ultra 100 2 times, Firecracker 50 once....ouch!
Favorite food?
Pizza, French Fries and more pizza
Movie?
It's a tie....the Godfather and Caddyshack
Book?
Fire on the Mountain....read it and learn something
Worst experience on a bike?
Getting caught out on Fremont Pass in a wicked hail, rain and lightning storm in the middle of a century with no gear. Paramedics got called in to help us recover from hypothermia at Copper Mountain Starbucks.
Best experience on a bike?
Competing in the 24 Hours of Moab with three of my best riding buddies for four straight years, including the big flood year.
Describe a sponsor or company you admire and why you admire them?
Maxxis, for stepping up, no questions, to help me put on a fantastic Spring Cyclocross series in Eagle last year. They were huge and made the series great for all the racers who showed and throwed.
Who will play you in the Breck Epic movie and why?
Robert Di Niro
What do you hope to get out of this experience?
I race for a few very simple reasons, and that goes for all bike rides/races. Riding bikes is about where you go and who you go with, always has been, racing is just a great way to stay fit and create an awesome sphere of friends as well as see some amazing places. Then you get to tell stories and drink a Stella with your bros...perfect. So, I just plan to add another experience and more friends to my life...the end. I'm 51 yars old my friend, nothing left to prove and how many more of these rides do I have left?!
Feel free to blatantly self-promote here. A quote you like, a direct appeal to the voters, some hateful vitriolic slander for your political opponents. This is your space, decorate it however you like:
See my blog: http://addictedtobicycles.blogspot.com/
Mike, I've only known you for a couple of years now, but I think you know my cycling soul pretty well and the passion I have for our favorite form of recreation. I've shown my ass and my humility to you and your staff at MSC, and most importantly really cared about making the experience of riding and racing better for everyone, even the assholes. I'm not gonna beg for a blogger "grant", but you know I will write the truth and the words will come from the bowels of my cycling soul....thanks for putting on the race, you are a warrior. (Editor's note: flattery and an occasional Stella are indeed two of Mr. Grossmam's insidious maneuvers. FWIW, they're pretty effective.)
Links to your work:
1. is above
2. http://www.squirtlube.com/
3. http://www.livethecoloradodream.com/
