Name: Shawn F. Johnson

Email: sfjohnson@psu.edu

Hometown: Elma, NY

School Year: PhD Candidate

Major: Acoustics

What Kind of Bikes do you ride? Specialized Tarmac, Specialized S-Works TriCross (two of them), Specialized Stumpjumper, Specialized Langster, Trek 2300, Trek XO1, 1969 Triumph Bonneville, 2004 Ducati Monster

Years Riding/Racing: riding since I was 4 / racing for 8 years

Favorite Ride: Magic Mo (road), Laurel Run to Bear Gap (cross)

Dream Bike: Ducati 1098

What was your first bike? Dukes of Hazard Big Wheel

Favorite Band: Boards of Canada, Telephon Tel Aviv, Paul Van Dyk

Best crash: hit a deer mountain biking in 2000 with 6 months short term memory loss

Favorite thing about PSU Cycling: local rides

Other Interests: espresso, monte cristo sandwiches, jacobian zeta functions, and napping

Quote: “I want to live until I die.  No more, no less.” Eddie Izzard