Team Bacchetta
Team Bacchetta Member Bio - Larry Graham
Name: Larry D. Graham
Sex: Male
Age: 47
Location: Westerville Ohio (Columbus)
e-mail: graham146@wowway.com
Phone number: Home 614-523-1506. Cell 614-561-4568
Riding Background:
Started adult cycling at age 30 because I was getting old. Started with duatalons and found out that I was a much better cyclist than I was a runner. Past President of local bicycle club and I am the current Education and Advocacy Director.
How did you get into Recumbents?
I met some riders that I enjoyed riding with that also rode recumbents. I had a good first impression. I wanted to experience all types of bicycles. I wanted to set a cycling record, and the recumbent records seemed reasonably attainable to me.
How did you get asked to be a TEAM BACCHETTA team mate?
I had won the inaugural UMCA 24 hr recumbent championship in 2004. At Sebring in 2005, I was riding a locally built recumbent that I had helped develop but had a falling out with the builder right before the race. Consequently this was going to be a one race deal. Throughout the race, Rich Pinto kept trying to give me a “Hand off”. After the race I was so impressed with how well the Bacchetta riders treated me, I went up to Rich and said “My name is Larry Graham and I am looking to buy a bike”. Rich’s response was: “ You’re Larry Graham! I know about you. Did you really go 425 on a V-Rex? Call me when you get back home”.
What Bacchetta do you ride?
Ti Aero and CarbonAero prototype frame #8.
Race results or Personal Best Rides.
ULTRAS:
2003 3rd place recumbent Calvin’s Challenge (first Ultra race on a recumbent)
2003 2nd place recumbent National 24 hour (first 24 hour race on a recumbent)
2004 UMCA 24hour recumbent champion.
2004 1st place recumbent Sebring 24hr, 375 miles
2004 3rd place recumbent National 24hr Michigan 319 miles (don’t ask).
2004 Overall winner New England 24hr (425 miles, V-Rex).
2005 UMCA 12 hour & 24 hour recumbent champion.
2005 1st place Sebring drafting class. (first non RAAM. Rode a home built)
2005 1st place recumbent Calvin’s Challenge 12 hour. (First race on a Bacchetta)
2005 1st place recumbent Saratoga 12hr (2nd overall) with 242
miles (first time with a 20+mph avg. for 12 hours)
2005 1st place recumbent National 24hr Challenge new recumbent record of 401.5 miles (First recumbent to break 400 mile mark in event’s 23 year history)
2005 1st place overall New England 24hr, new record 428. (First race on CarbonAero)
2005 1st place recumbent Iowa 24hr. (only recumbent, got lost, quit early barely finished ahead of John Foote who rode the 12 hr class)
2006 1st place Sebring 24hr drafting class, new record 471 miles (first non RAAM rider, again)
2006 1st place recumbent Calvin’s Challenge 12hr, new record 235 miles.
2006 First rider to finish the Columbus Ohio 300km with about 10,000 feet of climbing. Notice that I didn’t say that I “Won”, the Brevet, all that finish are “Winners”
2006 First rider to finish North Carolina 600km. Second rider ever to finish under 24 hours. (22:18) Might be fastest the time for this route.
2006 1st place National 24 Challenge (Michigan) New recumbent record of 409 miles.
Road Races: None, though every club ride seems to turn in to one.
Time Trials: None, too short.
Criteriums: None, I like my skin.
Invitational Rides: None. No one wants me.
HPV: None, I don’t need no fairing.
Events planned to attend for the rest of 2006:
Sebring 24hr
Calvin’s Challenge 12hr
200km in Nashville Tenn.
300km in Columbus OH
400km in Columbus OH
600km in Raleigh NC
National 24hr (Michigan)
Cross State record attempt, about July 15th. If I can get all the “T’s crossed and “i’s
dotted (Ohio)
RAO
New England 24hr (Mass)
Last Chance 1200km RAAM class (Colorado)