Interview - John Deibert

So, Cross season is underway. Al Naudin was the first one out of the gate, racing to a 5th place in the 55s at Queens of Cross in Golden. way to break in the season for us, Al!

Many more will be starting their season out Saturday the 17th in Boulder's new Valmont park, including John Deibert, a new member this year, and the subject of this team interview session.

Who are you? Your "vitals"?

John Deibert, 37, 5'8" 148 lbs. Happily married to Lori Antolec, no kids, two cats (hers), five bikes (and need one more, fast)

Where are you from?

born in Cheyenne, WY, lived in Fort Worth, TX and mostly grew up in Sioux Falls, SD. Moved to Boulder for college in 1992 and have been hanging around since then.

What do you do for a living?

Mostly button-pushing and typing. I test disk drives at Seagate.

What do you do on a Bike?

Go fast, fly through the air, wheelies, stoppies, the usual stuff. I ride roads, mountain bike, plan to start racing cross this year. I ride a bike to work most days (but I draw the line at -10 degrees F).

When did you start racing Bikes? Start Racing Cross? Start Nordic Ski Racing?

2003. This year. Not on your life.

Any other "interesting" bike history or stories?

I think I had a concussion from going over the bars for the first time at the age of, oh, maybe 10. And I went 1 year without driving my car to work when we moved to our current residence (1.5 miles from work)

Any Great Racing Results?

10th place in the 2004 Iron Horse (30-34 mens), 5th place sprinter in 2004 Mead series (Settje was 1st), 1st place in the 2008 Breck 32 (overall), 6th in the 2011 Breck 32 (30-39 mens).

What else do you do for fun?

Snowboard, travel with Lori, watch the Grand Tours on TV religiously

Any bike racing goals or dreams to share?

Not really. My goal in any race is for it to be good at the finish, get to fight it out and do something heroic to beat someone. I hope to have fun trying some cross races this year, and watch Lori tear it up more than she did last year.

Why are you on H.P.M. ?

My first matching kit, awesome! And to hang out with a bunch of great riders and fun people.

If you hit the Powerball lottery tomorrow, what would you go do?

Maybe fund the medical research it's going to take to replace all my failing joints. Either that or go mountain biking all around the world with Lori.