Douglas "Dale" Shryock

Just a hella cool dude

Adam "Terminator" Jensen

Adam is like our dad. Without him none of us would make it through the day. He is obsessive compulsive, anal to a fault and loves to make fun of everyone. Yet we dish it right back because deep down the terminator is a sensitive softy (his other nickname is muffin top). That is until he gets on the bike. No one rides harder and faster, that's how he got the name. He simply terminates the field till there is only him. Girls love him but he usually misses all the hints. Don't worry Adam, we all love you.

Shaun "Radness" Radley

None of us here are gay (adam may be) but I think everyone has a crush on Shaun's legs. Damn those things are ripped. Radness is the voice of biking. No one lives and breathes biking more than Shaun. He is the next Phil Liggett, with an uncanny knack for announcing. Plus this guy attacks criterion's with fury.

Josh "Yosh" Tack

Yosh is the king of "that's what she said." Yosh is a wattage conservationist. He never looks like he's working until bang! and away he rides. His secret is code red mountain dew. He gets a mouthful of code red in his stomach and hold on. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

Jeff "Jeffro" Cincoski

Jeff eats anything and it has been said he taste like chicken. He has a 12,490% exaggeration factor, but damn Jeffro is one of the most entertaining people to listen to. Without Jeff there would never be five pans of month old food under the living room couch or grand stories of lust and lore. Jeff slang's it like no other.

Cameron "Mr. Carmon" Johnson

Cameron is the mystery man. He is fast as all hell, lures the ladies, is covered in tattoo's and looks like Lance Armstrong. Where did this guy come from?

Brendan "Brendog" Halpin

Brendan lives by one motto: he does what he wants, when he wants, how he wants, and he does it well. No one else can close the bars, start the afterparty then get up at six and win a race. He kicks ass and takes names and does it on his own accord. Plus, the ladies dig his vibe.

Elliot "Always First" Bassett

Elliot is focused on one thing in life: being first. He is the first to get up, first to complain about something, first on his bike, and always tries to be the first across the line. If he isn't full throttle he isn't living.

Matt "Matty" Shryock

We all call Matt little Matty. By far the prettiest of the bunch, he stole his brothers looks but couldn't get the height. With the best power to weight ratio of the bunch, a stellar VO2 Max, all little Matty needs to dominate is a mind that doesn't blowup prematurely.

Phil "Pippo" Grove

Plum mad dog mean! Yeah, that pretty much sums up pippo. He was supposed to be a fat kid, but instead he is a heartbreakin' girl chasing in your face riding machine. Moms hide your daughters, because pippo is on the loose.

The test subjects

If presented with the option of riding your bike over 100 miles a day for twenty days straight, through the hills of the rocky mountains in sweltering august heat, would you do it? How about if you had to have your leg cut open 6 times and each time a long hollow metal rod was inserted into the cut and a piece of your thigh was extracted, or what if you were told you were going to have to do a 100% max effort one hour time trail at the start of every 3rd day then go ride 80+ miles afterward; all for a new bike. Most folks would probably say you would have to be crazy. Below are ten anomalies, ten young dumb men who would like nothing more than to spend their August as test subjects for the first ever Giro D'iscovery. Below are short bio's on each of us so when names come up you will have a face to match.

The study

The Study: I will leave the scientific blab to the scientists, but in a nutshell ten of us are being asked to ride over 2000 miles in twenty days to see how our physical and mental states are affected by cummulative strenuous endurance activity. For more information and a much better explanation go to the Giro D’iscovery website http://www.soe.umt.edu/wpem/default.html