“I remember being the type who would say ‘Get out of the road you bike rider’, but now every time I do something, it’s like ‘I’ll ride my bike over there.’ It’s definitely something I know I’m going to do for the rest of my life.”
— Brandon Roy to Oregonian reporter Jason Quick
OregonLive.com has published a video and several stories about the biking exploits of the Portland Trail Blazers’ NBA superstar Brandon Roy.
Roy, who earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2007 and is considered one of the NBA’s best players, has been incorporating a bicycle ride into his weekly workouts during the offseason.
He told the Oregonian’s Jason Quick that, “At first, I was like, wow, this isn’t fun,” but as he got used to the thigh-burning, he now thinks, “It’s probably my funnest time of the day… that’s the time I get to get away from everything.”
Roy also told Quick that, “It’s addictive… I remember being the type who would say ‘Get out of the road you bike rider’, but now every time I do something, it’s like ‘I’ll ride my bike over there.’ It’s definitely something I know I’m going to do for the rest of my life.”
I wonder if Mr. Roy would like to join us for a reprise of the Bike to Blazers event we did a few years back?
Check out the video below to see Roy talk about riding and working out on his bike in Washington…
More stories from The Oregonian about Roy and his bike:
— Brandon Roy rolls with custom hand-me-down bike…
— Ride & seek: Brandon Roy’s physically demanding bike rides give him a chance to envision his evolving role as the Blazers’ team leader
— The stories this bike could tell