Name:  Andrew DK Pele

Birth date: 1/4/1967 in

Now residing in: Columbia, MO.

Education:  Completed one year at Caltech in Pasadena, CA then finished college education at UC San Diego with BA in Pyschology. Graduated Magna Cum Laude 1989. Married Nicole Marsh 2007.

 Hobbies: reading, trail running, backpacking, travel, mountain biking, rock climbing

 Andy in the news:  https://archive.columbiatribune.com/2007/may/20070507spor001.asp

Athletic Accomplishments- none in college or high school, just a study nerd

 Bike tour Pacific Coast (Poulsbo, WA to Ventura, CA) 1993

 Summit Mount Shasta 2000

 Death Ride on a mountain bike Eastern Sierras 129 miles, 15000+ feet climbing 2001

 Summit Mount Kilimanjaro 2001

 Avalon 50 Mile Benefit run- first ultra, 11th overall, 7:36   2003  (6 months after fracturing hip while attempting to inline skate RAGBRAI 2002)

 Inline Skate Ragbrai (cross state bicycle ride, IA) 2003

 Inline Skate BRAG (cross state bicycle ride, GA) 2004

 Ironman Wisconsin as 4th triathlon after 9 weeks of training in 12:29 2005

 Athens to Atlanta 87 mile inline skate race 5:16:53, 23rd overall, 1999

 Jay Dix Challenge to Cure 5k overall winner 18:20 2006

 Qualified Team USA Short Course Triathlon 2006

 USAT All American 2006

 Jay Dix Challenge to Cure 10K overall winner 35:40 2007

What I tell others about my Valdora bike:

I rode it 201 miles for my first ride, relatively comfortably. It handles descents and cornering so much better than my old ***s bike. Whereas I used to brake hard before certain downhill curves, now I tap the brakes and carve the turn with lots of confidence. I'm glad also that under fatigue testing it's rated very high. Valdora has a great website that gives detailed information on frame construction and the company is very supportive of athletes, posting race reports, athlete profiles and results. The frameset is beautiful and stylish. Send questions about the bike to andy_pele@yahoo.com. Valdora Demo day to be held May 12 at Tryathletics, come ride my bike.