Carl Decker
Full Name: Carl Michael Decker
Date of Birth: June 3, 1975
Place of Birth: Oregon Coast
Home now: Bend, OR
Height: 6’
Weight: 160 lbs
Marital Status: Single
Year turned Pro: 1998
Former Team (s): Mrazek/Black Butte Porter
With Giant MTB Team since: 2003
Race Preferences: Short Track Championships: 2005 Elite Road Race National Champ; Singlespeed National Champ last 3 years Sporting goals: Singlespeed World Champ, Rally God
Career Highlights: My Short Track Victory at Infineon NORBA on a road bike was sweet. Winning my third SS championship by running faster Lap times on my Singlespeed than Trebon did in the XC last year at Nats was cool. My '05 Elite Roadrace Championship was great 'cuz I like showing Roadies that MTB guys are cooler than they are.
BIO
I grew up and still live in Bend Oregon. My dad did a MTB race in 1983 on his beach cruiser and had so much fun that my brother and I toed the line the next summer on our 3-speed BMX bikes. In 20 years of racing, the sweetest feeling is still that of watching adult men throw down their bikes and cry when I'd pass them (65 lbs, with my seat most of the way down) late in a race. Priceless! Riding bikes made me a good runner, so I took four years off to go to U of Portland on a running scholarship.
Running isn't fun though, so I was back in the saddle a week after graduation (BS, Criminal Justice). Worked my way up the ranks on the
Deschutes Brewery team. Shattered my back in 2000 riding a downhill bike. Was told I wouldn't race again. Healed. Struggled. Raced poorly for a year. Overcame. Started spinning cranks for Giant in 2003. Races I've won: NORBA ShortTrack, 3 Singlepeed National Titles, NRC Timetrial, NRC Crit, NORBA Super D, 2005 Elite National Road Championships, UCI Cyclocross races, all rallycrosses entered. Races I want to win: (obviously every race I enter, but....) Singlespeed World Championships, Rally America Events (we'll start with class victories, but eventually...) Short Track National Championships