Pete recently retired after spending 35 years in the print and document outsourcing industry as a senior executive in both operations and sales for various fortune 500 and private companies. Pete’s passion for biking began over 25 years ago when he switched to biking from running. He has participated in 3 transalp road multi-day stage races in Europe, one Transrockies mountain multi-day stage race, and numerous gravel races in California and Oregon. Pete began gravel riding 6 years ago in Southern California, and moved to Bend, Oregon 3 years ago with his wife Allison. Pete spends most of his biking time on his Niner gravel and Scott mountain bikes, plus alpine, backcountry, and cross country skiing in the winter. Pete’s favorite routes are Water and Lava, McKay Creek, and Skydog.