John "The Insitigator" Winstead

John - AKA - The Instigator.
I'm best known for my ability to develop creative approaches to just about anything in life; and then, possess uncanny ability to persuade sane, conservative people into engaging in ridiculous acts on randomness with me; for instance, convincing a venture capitalist and a geologist that a trip on a three person tandem bike across country is feasible.
I’m a 26 year old Industrial Engineer working for Wal-Mart Logistics and living in Richmond, VA. I’d consider myself very lucky. I have a great family, a large network of close friends spanning the country, a great job (which I work 4 days a week), and own a Ford Excursion coupled with oversized roof rack. Some things that most people don’t know about myself are that I’m political (staunch conservative), love following the stock market (buy WMT, NVX, and KMX), and a chess player.

Chris "Sir Frederick" Render

Chris Render is currently a geologist that works for an environmental consulting firm in downtown Richmond Virginia. He enjoys walks with his new love, Scarlet, a chocolate brown labrador retriever who is also the new team mascot of “3guys1bike”. Some of the previous jobs Chris had were rescuing people while mimicking his favorite TV show Baywatch as a professional lifeguard on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; putting a blazing brush fire as a volunteer firefighter, and he helped start and run one of his friends moving business.

Some claims to fame are he nearly froze to death while camping in 30 degree weather without a sleeping bag, (but was too manly too ask to share his tent-mates sleeping bag… instead he performed yoga breathing to warm his inner chakra); Was chased by killer bees resulting in a near death experience of wandering aimlessly through the saguaro desert in Arizona in 100+ degree heat; was stung by a sting-ray in one inch of water (hence the name “stingray”). Chris said, “the pain was seriously the worst pain he ever felt… to give you and idea some women have claimed to be more painful than childbirth.” Has been stung in the YOoHoos by one of the largest yellow jackets seen to man. He lived in a 1972 VW (Betty the Happy bus) bus for 6 months on the west coast and in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Was smashed by multiple 15 foot waves continuously when caught in the dead zone during hurricane Dennis, resulting in the pummeling of his most beloved surfboard, “pineapple”, breaking it repeatedly and his pride into tiny pieces. RIP pineapple. Lived off of solely spinach, bananas, peanuts and raisins, Ramon, peanut butter and jelly, and tuna fish for 40 days at the result of a dare. Bridge jumping, surfing, skiing, wind surfing, scuba diving, gardening, spear fishing, weight lifting, camping, and traveling, and dreaming up random inventions, have been some of Chris’s recent hobbies.

Chris is always up for a good time and is known to be the first one to commit to any endeavor whether he is ready for the challenge or not. For example this ridiculous biking trip! Chris does not have a biking body-type and is approximately 20 pounds overweight for this type of trip. With his hard work and dedication, it is his belief that he can lose the necessary weight by the start date. This means no more eating contests of Chinese food by the pound and no more drinking (at least until after the June 30th beer fest.) With the continued support of Chris’s friends and family his luck and weight issues don’t stand a chance. Bueno suerte hombre.

Mark "Hunter" Hunter

Hi. I’m Mark. I live in Tampa.

I’m currently reading the following books: The Goal, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Thank you, Johnny Guirguis), Eat, Love, Pray, (Thank you Janaki Palomar), Journey of Awakening - A Meditator’s Guide Book, the Seth Material, and Getting Stoned with Savages. All of them are pretty much awesome.

Mark just recently convereted to hippie-ism and is growing his hair out dredlock style

Mark is a fan of Austrian Economics, libertarian thought, and Dr. Nassim Taleb (best selling author of The Black Swan).

Mark is a professional investor and believs one day the USA is not going to be as prosperous as it is today. As a result, he invests in GOLD.

During inflationary times, he likes real estate because it is so easy to borrow money from the bank at a ridiculously cheap rate.

Mark aspires to make enough money to spend the rest of his life creating and exploring new ideas, especially in the non profit world.

I don’t like talking about myself because I tend to sound impressive and that’s not my goal. I just like to lay down the facts. My girlfriend doesn’t want me to post my bio because chicks all over the world will start fighting for me. I still kind of like her, so, here is an impersonal version.

Here at 3Guys1Bike I’m responsible for: website, logistics, customization of the VW bus affectionately known as “Betsy”, stickers, calendars, fund raising, printing, myspace, flights, navigation, media contact, locating and securing the bike, and supplying a disproportionately large share of the horsepower while in the saddle. In other words, I basically do everything. No offense to my teammates, I’m just better at getting stuff done.

Mark is a fan of Austrian Economics, libertarian thought, and Dr. Nassim Taleb (best selling author of The Black Swan).

Mark is a professional investor and believs one day the USA is not going to be as prosperous as it is today. As a result, he invests in GOLD.

During inflationary times, he likes real estate because it is so easy to borrow money from the bank at a ridiculously cheap rate.

Mark aspires to make enough money to spend the rest of his life creating and exploring new ideas, especially in the non profit world.