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Welcome to Team Talmadge! |
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Everyone deserves opportunities to live a quality life.
Often it requires thinking in new ways. Not all great journeys begin with a strong and clear picture of the final destination. Sometimes people begin a journey with only a nearby destination in mind. But once they step into the road, they get a clearer view of the possibilities unseen before the start of the journey. And the farther they travel, the farther they see their journey can take them. This is the way it has been with Talmadge Atkins and his mother, Georgia, with their participation in triathlon. |
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Santana Delivers New Road Tandem |
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On March 5, 2008, Talmadge took delivery of his new purple Santana Team Niobium tandem road bike. As we stood in the parking lot at Santana Tandem, we all wondered whether Talmadge would be capable of riding this bike. A few months before, Dan Christensen, our friend and past triathlon guide for Talmadge, had gone to work for Santana. Dan was motivated to get this bike built for Talmadge with as little modification as possible. Dan said, “Talmadge is not suicidal. If you tell him to hold onto the handlebars or he will hit the pavement, he will hold onto the handlebars!” Before Dan went to work for Santana, we had discussed many seating modification options—none of which were “normal” for a road bike. |
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