CHARACTERS

2skinnypros would like to bring attention to a handful of people who add colour to our cycling lives.  The names are changed, but their stories are real.  If you frequent our blog, you will probably find these characters sprinkled about:

	Sheff Though a self-proclaimed terminal category 3 racer, Sheff has already earned pro status when it comes to being the coolest guy that 2skinnypros rolls with.  He is smart mixed with sexy, belligerent mixed with brawn, and vinegar mixed with baking soda.  He also registers a 1.4 on the calf-def meter, and is a style icon.
P-Hen An extremely good-looking baller with a proclivity for dropping it when it's hot, and storytelling.  Tha P-Hen completely absolved himself of the English student stereotype when he engineered an over-the-toilet shelf system using innertubes.  Rolls a Ford Ranger that "will never be used to deliver hot pizza, anywhere."
	D-Gal His peers voted him "most likely to achieve pro status" for the class superlatives in his senior yearbook.  D-Gal is also famous for readily reporting his heart rate status during periods of high output, for example: "I'm at AT plus 6, I'M AT AT + 6!!!!"  Dave is also a big-rigger, and bad-ass trials rider.
The Rog Not only is the Rog the most decorated masters racer in Virginia, he also owns the only real man's bike shop in Charlottesville.  A typical day for the Rog includes VO2 intervals at 7am, dropping other bike commuters on his way to work, then settling into a rhythm of efficiently ridiculing customers and playing solitaire.
	St. Thomas There are few left in the world who will absolutely never, ever, ride clinchers.  He is sometimes called upon for strength during intense interval sessions.  St. Thomas is the kind of cyclist that will undergo a grand total of 15 hours of invasive surgery to get his iliac arteries replaced so that he can drop you.
The Huffdrea When the 5 Planeteers combine their powers, they form Captain Planet! When two of Charlottesville's most compulsive exercisers join forces, they form Huffdrea! Individually, Huffy is a dreamy English teacher with a knack for bicep curls and Andrea is a low-key law scholar who serves a mean margarita after sunset. With their powers combined, Huffdrea is a lean, mean, X-treme Maximum Wattage machine. Huffdrea sightings are most common shortly after sunrise on the famed gravel climb up Jarman's Gap.
	The Bizza P-Biz was a chill guy even before 5 adolescent bandits stole his bicycle at knifepoint while he was touring up a mountain in Chile. His nonchalant demeanor is frequently crowned with brazen concern. Though he doesn't 'train', he can grunt out a top-10 in a 50k trail run, or even drop a skinnypro, and always has time for a beer.  Refuses to shave his wirery-ass leg hair.
Mama Ruth Unwilling to relinquish her metaphorical megaphone of cycling mastery, Ruth still rules the roost. 2skinnypros have grown wise under her wing. She shadows as a researcher in a pharmacology lab, where she coincidently makes performance-enhancing drugs, all while keeping 80's fashion alive. Ruth tells it straight, even if it causes others to cry, and she's usually right.