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Tim Martin

Age
23

Occupation(s)
Student/former diesel technician

What do you ride?
1973 Schwinn Le Tour shaved and fixed.

How long have you been riding?
Since childhood.

Why do you ride fixed?
The simplicity.

How’d you get introduced to fixed riding?
A very close friend let me ride his. Thanks Jules.

Why do you wanna go to Austin?
For the challenge.

Do you have any distance riding experience?
I rode in the 2007 MS 150.

How are you preparing for the ride?
I’m squeezing in as many mile as possible.

Where’s your favorite place in town to go ride? In the world?
Downtown Dallas. Theres nothing like screaming down main at night with the bums yelling at you.

Do you have any inspirations or heroes?
My pops

What’s the stupidest/most embarrassing thing you’ve done on your bike?
I tried to do a back flip of some dirt ramps we built at the park. It didn’t end well.

What We’re Doing

We're riding from Dallas to Austin for SXSW. On fixed gear bicycles.

Drop us a line here here.