David James

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=70 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="09c28461erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>David James</B></FONT><B>     |   </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Back to <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rider Profiles"><U><B>Rider Profiles</B></U></A></FONT><B>        </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="REI Austin Cycling Team"><U><B>home</B></U></A>       <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=450 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="40144620.jpg" border=0 width="324" height="354" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=410 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Type of Riding?</B></div> <div> <I>  Road  (Cat 3)</I></div> <div> <I>  Track (Cat 4)</I></div> <div> <I>  Mountain </I></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Your Ride?</B></FONT></div> <div> <I>  Trek 5200</I></div> <div> <B>Years Cycling?</B></div> <div> <I>  Mountain biking since 1999, road biking since 2000, and  road racing since the Fall of 2001. Track racing in San Diego during summer 2003.</I></div> <div> <B>Best Races?</B></div> <div> <I>  *    Ft. Davis Hammerfest (2003, CAT 3), 3rd. place GC.</I></div> <div> <I>  *   Fayetteville (2003, CAT 4), 1st. place GC.</I></div> <div> <I>  *   McKinney Falls Crit (2003, April ?, Open), 1st. place, solo breakaway.</I></div> <div> <I>  *  Tour of Gila (2002, CAT 4), stage 1, 7th. place.</I></div> <div> <I>  *  Ft. Davis Hammerfest (2002, CAT 4), Stage 3, 5th. place</I></div> <div> <B>Most Memorable Races?</B></div> <div> <I>    *   Collegiate nationals, 2003, Bay Area, California. The road race was ridiculous: 80 miles and 16,000 ft. of climbing. I finished in the top third.</I></div> <div> <I>  *   Superweek 2002. The most intense cycling experience I have seen!</I></div> <div> <B>Favorite Pro?</B></div> <div> <I>  Lance's motivation and outlook on life are incredible. I also like wily riders like Jalabert and Dekker. I am hoping that Tyler Hamilton will continue his amazing accomplishments in 2004!</I></div> <div> <B>Age?</B></div> <div> <I>  26 in 2003</I></div> <div> <B>Favorite Foods?</B></div> <div> <I>  Oatmeal, pasta, and bananas.</I></div> <div> <B>Other Interesting Facts:</B></div> <div> <I>    *  Did a 7 day bicycle tour of south Texas over the 2003 Christmas season. Rode from Austin to Fredericksburg, around San Antonio, to Corpus, to Port Lavaca, to Victoria, and back to San Antonio. For 5 days of the ride we had no vehicle support, so we carried our own packs.</I></div> <div> <I>  *   I've been mountain biking through trails covered in snow drifts and near-frozen streams in  Colorado.  I was sure that my feet were frostbitten. I was caught out after dark and worried about wild animals coming for me.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Race and Ride Reports"><U><I>Be sure to check out James' Superweek 2002 reports. Click here</I></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>