Ezra Caldwell ,

엉덩이 항문주변에 말기 암이 발견되었습니다.

의사가 1주일, 한달 산다고 했는데 벌써 6년이 지나 아직 살아있습니다.

그래서 즐겨탔던 자전거를 타면 안된다고 합니다.

그러나, 안장없이 자전거를 직접 만들었습니다.

그리고 수공제작 자전거를 팔아 다른 환자들을 위한 기부를 했습니다.

그리고 주문제작 자전거 사업도 합니다.

암을 이겨내고 있는 사나이입니다.

 암을 이겨내고 있는 Ezra Caldwell 이야기 동영상 

그가 직접 제작한 3가지의 자전거입니다.

These bikes will be, as I’ve mentioned, the three ASS bikes.

The Assless,

The Assless, which you may remember.  The bike that I built myself when my doctors told me that I was not allowed to ride a bike with a seat..  Many of the parts for which were donated by the amazing companies that make them.  Companies that I had only had relationships with at that point for 9 months or so, new builder that I was, but who were very very supportive when they heard my news!

The Hardass,

The Hardass,

which I built when I emerged from a second round of surgeries and chemotherapy too beat up to ride any of the bikes that I had in my stable from before.  A bike that would allow me to sit more upright.  I bike that was meant to be ridden more in and out of the saddle, so that I wouldn’t have to spend so much time with a newly reconstructed ass just hunkered down on a bike seat.  I built the hardass frame to accommodate the parts from the Assless.  It was my decision that the Assless shouldn’t simply languish.. nor should it be hung on the wall like some sort of trophy.   So it was transmogrified!  It BECAME the Hardass.  Same parts, different frame, and now with a seat post and saddle.  For the show, the parts will go back to the Assless (put it on the list of things that has to happen between now and tomorrow), and the Hardass will get its very own parts.

And Finally, the Ultimate Tight Ass. 

the U.T.A(Ultimate Tight Ass)., which I built when I was diagnosed with stage 4 metatstatic terminal we-got-nothin’-practical-left-for-you cancer, last nov/dec.  The Hardass had led me out into the woods.. it had clearly wanted to ride over stuff and so I followed it.  This turned out to be a slippery slope, and before I knew it I was up in Vermont chasing my brother around woods doing nose wheelies on a fully rigid single speed 26″ mountain bike with only a front brake.  A few days of that and I realized that if I was going to have sustained fun with this mountain biking thing, I’d need a better suited bike.  When I was told that I had 6 months to live, I decided that I could probably clear out the time in my schedule to BUILD IT!  I got the most astonishing donations from the very best parts manufacturers working, to build myself my ULTIMATE bike, the understanding being that when I was no longer able to ride it *cough* I would auction it off for some sort of charity around my whole cancer experience.

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