Momentum USA Nov/Dec 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 mary catherine oconnor Mary Catherine OConnor is an independent journalist covering transportation the environment and adventure sports She loves to ride whoopty doos and swervy singletrack but didnt know how fun bikes could be until her friend built a tandem karaoke bike She lives in San Francisco see her story about that city on p 34 @ MCOC 2 caitlin donohue Caitlin Donohue got her bike stolen a while ago but quickly discovered an underground bike shop ask her for a reference a few blocks from her o ce and is once again sitting pretty on a vintage French made Motobecane Mirage She loves her city and loves being the culture editor at the San Francisco Bay Guardian sfbg com where she writes about food sex street art weed and bike life She also wrote about Berkeley and Oakland in this issue of Momentum p 38 and about her interview with our cover model Gary Fisher p 37 @ CAITLINDONOHUE 3 doug scott Momentums go to map maker for our city features San Francisco Bay Area in this issue p 37 Doug Scott is also an illustrator living in Vancouver BC Raised in London England he was born to a family of proud cyclists and grew up exploring the city by bike After graduating from art school he jumped on a plane in search of adventure and now calls Canada home Doug divides his time between a job in the movie industry and making the most of the stunning local landscape Also see his Winter Riding illustrations starting on p 28 dougscottillustration com 4 brian ellison Brian Ellison originally from St Louis baseball city USA currently lives in exile in Gillette Wyoming Brian spent 11 years in the United States Army in eld artillery before using his civilian training in radio to become a broadcast journalist Apart from hosting e Prologue full time see Brians Top 20 Songs for Your iPod on p 16 hes the morning guy for KOAL 1061 in Gillette He is currently pursuing a degree in political science and has an 11 year old son who he spends a lot of time with He rides an old Trek SL 1000 though not as much as he would like 5 bhautik joshi Bhautik Joshi is a research engineer in visual e ects at industrial light and magic who is based in San Francisco He picked up photography as a great way to get out and geek out and often cycles over to di erent parts of town to take photos of the colors and motion that make San Francisco what it is check out some examples of his work p 34 Bhautik likes to build a lot of his own photo gear whenever he can @ BHAUTIKJ cow mooh org research 6 jeremy towsey french e rst Yuba Mundo cargo bike dealer in the Paci c Northwest Jeremy Towsey French now enjoys cycling around his micro ranch in the scenic Columbia River Gorge When hes not chopping rewood on the mountain Jeremy can be found tooling about the streets of downtown Portland OR where he works for FlightStats Jeremy writes about utility cycling for Momentum see his story about studded tires on p 29 while pondering the next mountain hike with his wife and two daughters @ 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