Alan Nielson
Dublin, CA
CAT 3

Aliases: Wheel Sucker Extraordinaire
Year of Birth: 1961
Marital Status: Available
Known Children: Two (all accounted for)
Occupation: Amateur Bike Racer… oh and that other thing I do… Project Manager Electrical Construction
Race Disciplines: (Flat) Road Races & Criteriums
Race Highlights: 1979 Pescadero Road Race (my first bike race - it's all been down-hill since then)
Riding Machines: Cannondale CADD8, Cannondale Six13, Wilier Le Roi, Santa Cruz Heckler, …my favorite bikes?: 1. a 1979 Nishiki ONP - chrome-moly racing machine with original Dura-Ace, 19.5 lbs - I loved that bike! 2. a 1968 Schwinn Sting-Ray converted to BMX racer in 1973
Favorite Race: The one(s) I win!… I guess I don't have a favorite yet.
Favorite Training Rides: House of Pain
Favorite Beverage: Nestle Quik with 2% milk
Favorite Pre-Race Meal: Cap'n Crunch
Favorite Flick: Breaking Away… THE classic bike racing movie!
Favorite Book: My autobiography… still writing it... available soon… send me a $12.99 check now for an advanced copy!
Five-tunes Playlist (artist/song): Queen / Bicycle Race, Queen / Fat Bottomed Girls.
Hero/Heroes: (currently): John Wooldridge
Talents, Hobbies, Tidbits: When I'm off the bike you can find me asleep… is that a hobbie?
Blog or website, if any: none
If you could ask a dead person one question, who would the person be and what would be the question?: That's a stupid question.
Mary Ann or Ginger? Definitely Mary Ann
If you were a character in a movie, who would you be? Cyril in Breaking Away.
What, if anything, do you have left in life to accomplish? Win the Giro d'Italia
If you were a fruit, what would you be and why? Another stupid question.