um, who?
Fast Brad. The name was not my choice. It was laid upon me by Bill Strickland, in his blog “Sitting In”. People have given me various nick-names over the years—Beardy, Hell Boy, Mad Scientist, Baron Von Ford—but none have stuck. I haven’t resisted, or encouraged this, perhaps that’s why, I don’t know. Fast Brad is as good as any.
I’m involved in way too many pursuits, or at least too involved in a few. You might say I have creative ADD. At any given time I’m a graphic artist, designer, videographer, welder, painter, carpenter or craftsmen. Currently, I’m attempting to build bicycle frames. Which brings me to another outlet for my engery—I’m a cyclist.
“Hello, my name is Brad and I’m a cyclist…” I can admit it. I ride my bike just about every day, rain or shine, cold or hot. It’s a need, a requirement, an addiction. There is a certain completeness to the day if you’ve managed to do the thing you enjoy most. I also compete, racing road, mountain, track and cyclo-cross. For this reason I have about a dozen bikes.
It has been suggested that I might have something amusing to say. When the Fit Chick insisted that I must have a blog, “Are you sure? I thought you had one.”—I decided, that maybe I should. Most of my friends have blogs. But then, I’m situated in the middle of a creative social circle, full of designers, writers, artists, editors and photographers. I guess it’s time to join the club.
