Who are you? Your "vitals"?
Tim “Foon” Feldman, age 51, size 45 ⅓ Salomon boots, 59 cm road -- just a bit too big for Kirk’s hand-me-downs
Married to Donna Feldman, two adult daughters (SITCOM*)
timfoonfeldman@gmail.com
Where are you from?
I started cycling and skiing after my family moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin in 1971. It was in Wisconsin that I got the nickname Little Foonman that eventually shortened to Foon. I moved to Boulder County in 1978 and have mostly been here since.
What do you do for a living?
Technologist at Seagate
Volunteer Ski Patroller at Devil’s Thumb
What do you do on a Bike?
As many different things as possible. The diversity of the sport is fantastic. Once in a while I actually ride to work, but mostly I it’s my RV. Recently I have been doing long rides -- randonneuring and brevets up to 750 miles over four days.
When did you start racing Bikes? Start Racing Cross? Start Nordic Ski Racing?
First bike race was in 1979, the first spring after moving to Boulder.
First ski race was around the same time, probably the Stampede when it was at Devil’s Thumb.
Racing cross since 2013.
Any other "interesting" bike history or stories?
I rode the Mesa Trail in 1979 on my race bike (sew-ups, cleats). Remember there were no mountain bikes back then. By the time I got back to Boulder and stopped in at the Spoke, people were already talking about the crazy guy on the trail. As best I know, that was the first time anyone road the Mesa Trail, and it got closed to bikes shortly after. You’re welcome.
Shortest race: 200 meters (track sprints in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1981)
Longest ride: 3400 miles (PACTour Elite Tour transcontinental, 19 days, 2010)
24-hour PR: 410 miles (first 24 hours of Last Chance, 2010)
Any Great Racing Results?
Most crashes: twice in the criterium at Bisbee, Arizona, three times in the stage race (1980)
Time Trial PR: 54:20 (25 miles, Colorado State Championships, 8th place, 1981)
Largest winnings: $150 (Bob Cook Memorial Mt Evans Hill Climb, 6th place in Pro-1-2, 2:02:32, 1982)
Yep, it’s been downhill since 1982.
What else do you do for fun?
Hosting a team cookout after cross camp.
I’ve also been having fun running a chain saw to deal with beetle kill and blow down in Fraser.
Any cycling or skiing goals or dreams to share?
- My goal is to enjoy cycling and skiing for the rest of my life. I would like to get back to bike touring where my cycling started -- spending days or weeks on the road with just the gear I’m carrying.
- I have designed a new 750-mile brevet, Haute Route, that goes through the central mountains and hits many of the big climbs (Trail Ridge and 8 major passes). I would like this to become the world’s premier high challenge brevet.
- Birkebeiner: never have; need to soon. Both of them.
Why are you on H.P.M. ?
1. To impress the chicks.
2. I needed new cycling shorts and a ski race outfit.
Kirk has done a great job putting together a low key group with cheap stuff. The clothes, not the chicks.
If you hit the Powerball lottery tomorrow, what would you go do?
Fly to Europe with my touring bike, passport and credit card. Then spend the winter skiing in Norway.
* Single Income, Two Children, One Mortgage
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