Lamont Turcotte, Team Manager

AGE - 37

CITY – N Portland

DISCIPLINE/s – Commuting, touring, long-distance.

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT - "How important it is In life it is, not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once, in the most ancient of human conditions."

FAVORITE FOOD – Pizza!!!

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED BEFORE A RIDE – Everybody wants some - Van Halen

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO – Will

Melissa Cate

AGE - 27.

CITY - Glorious Portland!!

DISCIPLINE/s - Commuting, Long distance/Century riding, ultra light/light weight touring, running errands. Basically biking everywhere.

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT -"There's a special place in hell for bike thieves."

FAVORITE FOOD- Pesto pasta with chicken. Oh, and anything that combines peanut butter and chocolate.

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED BEFORE A RIDE- Generally some bad rap song with a good beat.

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO- The Razz

Rick & Aimee Demaret

AGE - 45, 46

CITY - Vancouver, WA

DISCIPLINE/s - we ride both a tandem and single bikes on long distance/century rides, local time trials, & spins around the countryside

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT - In our spare time, we grow grapes and make enough wine to keep us happy, ski whenever we can during the winter, and enjoy watching our three kids grow into wonderful adults. Rick is in sales, Aimee teaches fourth grade. Our greatest thrill is to see how fast we can fly down hills. To date, our top speed was close to 50 mph before Aimee politely (but effectively) requested the use of brakes.

FAVORITE FOOD- Pizza & sushi (Rick), anything Italian (Aimee)

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED BEFORE A RIDE - Tupac says Rick

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO - Will, because it quenches, has caffeine, and tastes great!

Jeff Gillies

AGE - 26

CITY – SW Portland 

DISCIPLINE/s – Commuting, racing, mid-distance

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT - "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get.” Pound for pound, a person on a bicycle expends less energy than any creature or machine covering the same distance- sustainability

FAVORITE FOOD – A nice juicy steak with some sort of blue cheese sauce and a hand crafted IPA.

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED BEFORE A RIDE – Any Linkin Park song will get me stoked to ride. Like “What I’ve done” or some punk rock.

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO – Razza

Jason Gillies ‘Gillies’

AGE - 28

CITY – SW Portland

DISCIPLINE/s – Commuting, hills, racing, mid-distances

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT - "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift." / 2nd year cyclist

FAVORITE FOOD – Probably Fajita’s or any of my wife’s cooking

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED BEFORE A RIDE – let’s get retarded’ (Black Eyed Peas)

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO – Will

Mark Steck

AGE - 28

CITY - Portland, OR

DISCIPLINE/s - Commuting, long distance, Sundays on the Springwater

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT - I have been hit by a car twice while commuting to work. Is that interesting? I'm still alive though. (Wear a helmet).

FAVORITE FOOD - Salt and pepper kettle chips dipped in cottage cheese topped with sriracha. Really.

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED BEFORE A RIDE - Queen's bicycle song

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO - Strawkey

Tracy Hruska

Casey Storey

AGE - 31

CITY - Portland

DISCIPLINE/S - Century rides, commuting, single speed mountain bike racing,and cyclocross

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT - I prefer to run on biscuit power instead of gasoline. I enjoy using old parts on new bikes and love the simplicity and durability of single speeds, thumb shifters when gears are needed, and steal frames. I built my own bike frame a couple of years ago and have managed to turn it into a single speed mountain bike, a cyclocross bike, and a geared mountain bike. I have raced this bike in each category.

FAVORITE FOOD - I love all food - so this is pretty hard. My favorites are pasta puttanesca (cooked by my wife), mochi (a Japanese pastry), Carolina barbecue, chile relleno, aged gouda, Oregon strawberries, fresh figs, and green chili.

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED - Any early 70's Grateful Dead with strong Phil Lesh bass

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO - definitely Strawkey

Greg Robins

AGE - 60

CITY - Lake Oswego from before it was so exclusive.

DISCIPLINE/S - Commuting occasionally, 30-50 mile rides around Lake Oswego, West Linn, Oregon City, Canby, and Sherwood, and organized centuries.

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT - "You can't always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need."

FAVORITE FOOD - ice cream

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED - "Get it Right Next Time" by Gerry Rafferty

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO - They're all good tasting, and good for me.

AJ Steffani & Shannon Levitt (Owners)

AGE – 33/31

CITY – Portland, OR

DISCIPLINE/s - All Mountain, Downhill and Single Speed mountain biking, coffee/breakfast/grocery runs (AJ)/ditto + Commuting (Shannon)

QUOTE/BLURB/FACT --"What we play is life." – Louis Armstrong (AJ)/"Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.” (Shannon)

FAVORITE FOOD- Pizza with extra pizza on the side (AJ)/Just one??? French fries, bagels and cream cheese, dark chocolate, ice cream…(Shannon)

SONG THAT GETS YOU PUMPED BEFORE A RIDE- Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun – Beastie Boys, or most anything from Rollins Band (AJ)/Anything by the Flight of the Conchords (Shannon)

FAVORITE FLAVOR OF VISO- Lemon (AJ)/Strawkey (Shannon)