Its fun to hear all the replies here that cite Greg Lemond as an influence in their life. Before I bought my first mountain bike when I was 17, I remember the first small road bike I got when I was 11 years old. It was a Raleigh Technium, and I thought that I was such a badass. I got all sentimental to go home a couple months ago and realize that my sister had gotten a bike shop to fix that bike up and is riding it around as a commuter. At least that is what I was told...it was at my parents house, and she is at college.