Criminal Minds: Shemar Moore Talks Pro Cycling & L.A. Bike Commuting
If you’ve ever wondered how Criminal Minds’ star Shemar Moore got into cycling and riding for MS, it all started with him getting rid of his “sissy bike” according to him, in his interview with Bicycle.com.
Since I’m not a cyclist, I don’t profess to know what a sissy bike is, but Moore says according to some of his Criminal Minds friends, his first bike, a hybrid, was just that, and is a far cry from his now 15 lb. carbon bike.
Every year, he and the CR team ride the SoCal MS 150. He also rides his bike an average of 300 miles per week.
Interestingly, Moore says he gets no love from some L.A. drivers when commuting, as they just see him as a man in tights when he’s out on the road, but he takes it all in stride.
He explains what it’s like to ride in L.A. by saying, “Lots of drivers here get irritated, so I ride in heavily trafficked areas only when I have to. Because I’m a man in tights, people call me…not such nice names. What’s funny is a lot of times I catch them at a red light. You pull up, and they try to ignore you because they feel stupid”.
He also mentions how he feels about the lack of pro African-American road cyclists, and says the biggest challenge for him in cycling was getting used to the saddle. For now, all we ask is for you folks in L.A. to please be nice to Shemar!
Image: Newscom
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Seriously,d film is off d hook.nd i av a crush on shemar,he is mindblowing!