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FIVE THINGS is a feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week's notable person is cyclist Chris Smith, a.k.a. Smithers MPLS.
"I don’t have a favorite bike. For me, a bike is just a tool to accomplish a task. I have favorite rides and choose the appropriate bike for that ride, or sometimes the inappropriate bike in order to make the ride more entertaining."
Quartuccio's other claim to fame is as co-founder and editor of Urban Velo, the definitive city-cycling culture magazine which was published from 2007-2014.
These days he works at Pfaltzgraphic, a design studio, toiling over brand identity, product graphics, messaging, and photography for bike industry clients. He's also a board member of Bike Pittsburgh, the local non-profit working towards bike and ped access, education, and Open Streets events.
He's married (to his best friend) and has a five-month-old son (Salvador) who he's priming for adventure.
We hope you enjoy this week's Banjo Brothers Five Things.
FIVE THINGS is a feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week's notable person is cyclist Jessica Nadeau.
Nadeau is a grant writer, development specialist and has been an important force behind many classic cycling events in Minneapolis including the Powderhorn 24, The Scardey Cat, Babes in Bikeland and more.
We hope you enjoy this week's Banjo Brothers Five Things.
FIVE THINGS is a feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week's notable person is cyclist Amanda Batty.
Raised on a farm just outside of Payson, Utah, Amanda Batty is a recently retired professional downhill and enduro racer. Described on the Packfiller Podcast by host Patrick Bulger as, "fast, opinionated, colorful, fun and as she says herself, feisty as f--k."
Batty's love-affair with the bike is eloquently chronicled on her personal website and it's just one of the many reasons she's a compelling subject for our Five Things project.
FIVE THINGS is a feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week's notable person is cyclist Tyler Huber, a father of two, husband, avid cyclist, graphic designer and co-founder of the Burleigh County Bicycle Cult and Burleigh County Cup w/ Ian Easton.
It’s been six years since we made the Burleigh County Bicycle Cult jerseys that said “Adventure is Dead” on the collar as a joke about how overused and meaningless that word has become. Let’s give it a rest, shall we?
FIVE THINGS is a feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week's notable person is cyclist Tim Jackson.
Jackson is a "lifer" in the bicycle industry, gaining notoriety as a "blogger," marketing, and product guy. He's worked for a "who's who" of brands including NiteRider, Canari Cyclewear, Masi Bicycles, Fuji Bicycles, Pivot Cycles , BH Bikes (same company for both) and Focus Bicycles. He's worked freelance since 2016 as an independent marketing consultant specializing in smaller brands under the banner PowWord Communications
