David Blase was my high school biology teacher. He was kind of odd, rode a bike to school and wore knickers. He told some crazy bike stories. He organized a bike race every year at the school called the little 500, like the one at IU. My senior year we led the first half of the race, ended up second. Definitely inspired me to stick with cycling.
They made a movie based on his stories, called Breaking Away. He was Dave, obviously.