Name: Mark E. Stonich <mstonich@bitstream.net>
Age: M 51 (4-15-46 born on a U.S. Forestry station in Northern Minnesota.)
Mass: 185
Size: 5'10"
Bikes: Several homebuilt LWB ASS including a tandem. A rear steered, front drive Ice Racer. Several wedgies, gathering dust, including a Campi equipped tandem (I put abt. 200 hours into the frame but haven't ridden it in 2 years), and a rod braked Raleigh DL-1 "Roadster". Current project; the "Ultimate" 8-))) commuter 'bent.
Rides: Five 12 mile round trip commutes, basic around town transportation, and 25-100 miles on the weekends. Week long tour on the tandem each year.
Where: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Works: Senior Civil Engineering Tech, heading a street design team & writing computer programs for the City of Mpls.
Likes: Hiking with Jane and the cats, movies, building or designing 'bents, wasting time on the 'net' that I should be using to build and design 'bents. MnHPVA newsletter. Favquote: #1. Two identically dressed small boys, on their way to church. The older one sagely tells his little brother "He built that from a wheelchair" #2. "The most beautifully machined debris I've ever seen" Mechanical engineer Keith Wilson describing the steering mechanism of the then new Avatar, after a test ride.
Climbs: not surveyed
Crash: I've got more scars than the assistant in an inept knife throwing act. All from motorcycles or wedgies, nothing serious on a 'bent.
Beard: not surveyed

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