| Name: | Andrew "Midnight" Letton <letton@netcom.com> | |
| Age: | M 31 (31 Aug 1966) | |
| Mass: | 91 kg (200 lbs) | |
| Size: | 191 cm (6'3") | |
| Bikes: | 1994 BikeE, E-Racer 1993 Honda CBR1000F (OK, so it's a _motor_bike!) 1993 home-converted hybrid kick/electric scooter (12" wheels, 20mph) 1990 streamliner SWB ASS "Intuition", 54mph (had to leave at Univ.) 1987 homebuilt MWB USS hybrid pedal/electric 'bent 1986 homebuilt tandem 'bent all-terrain hpv "Midnight Barracuda" 1985 Nashbar set up as a city bike 1984 Univega MTB - nothing stock but frame, seat QR, and thumbshifters 1971 Hetchins - with trademark curly stays - now in Wheelsmith Museum 1970 Rossignoli - nothing quite like an all Campy Italian road bike Prototype BikeE-Racer, homebuilt pedal/electric MWB USS, "Midnight Barracuda" tandem all-terrain trike, lead-tube 1984 bottom-of-the- line Univega MTB (I've replaced everything but frame, pedals, thumbshifters, and seat QR, and it is still heavy : -), 3 upright road bikes, including a 1971 Curly-Stay Hetchins, currently in Wheelsmith Museum in Palo Alto, CA. PAST HPV'S: "Midnight Madness", a 4-wheeled 2-person (side by side) all-terrain HPV; I was designer/primary-builder of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's streamliner "Intuition"; though I certainly didn't own it, I was very involved with Cal Poly's DaVinci HP Helicopter - the First to ever fly! | |
| Rides: | No such thing when I am self-employed, but I plan to commute to my new (regular!) job on the E-Racer when I move in a couple weeks. | |
| Where: | Whitethorn, CA USA (permanent; family homestead) moving to Santa Cruz in late Jan 1995 | |
| Works: | Mechanical Engineer | |
| Likes: | You mean there's something else?! ...Oh, OK: promoting the IHPVA, building HPV's and/or EV's, surfing the Net, SCUBA diving, sailing... Favquote: Life is Short, Eat Dessert First! | |
| Climbs: | not surveyed | |
| Crash: | Oh, boy... 25-mile Road-Race at 1990 IHPSC: I was riding the "Intuition"... at about 40 mph, in lap 2, while swinging wide in a curve to pass a slower vehicle (ironically my girlfriend's team's trike) I hit a bump and the front wheel washed out. The fall was OK, the slide/spin was fine (love that Kevlar!), but the curb... Ooooo! The impact tore the fairing, and a jagged edge found its way in to my knee... ambulance ride, surgery, 3-days in the hospital, and weeks of physical therapy... but all's well that ends well. I have fully recovered and I'm told that in addition to the scar, I have the distinction of the worst IHPVA/IHPSC crash. Let's keep it that way! | |
| Beard: | never more than a week's worth - too thin to look good | |
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