Luke Strobel

Who was your role model growing up? Today?
My mom and dad, Shawn Palmer, Darren Brown, Bart McDaniel, and Casey Northern.

What one item could you not live without on the road?
My bike.

Any pre-race superstitions?
Same goggles and gloves I used in practice.

List hobbies outside of cycling:
Working, thinking about riding, snowboarding, hiking, painting, music, reading, hanging out with friends and family, relaxing and having fun.

What is the strangest thought that goes through your head while racing?
I wonder how much roost I threw up in that last corner..

Who would portray you in a movie?
Sean Connery.

Favorite TV show:
Family Guy or whatever’s on Discovery channel.

Biggest Weakness for a dessert:
Being full from dinner.

Dream Car:
The TVR Sagaris.

Best Pick-up line?
Never used one.

Is your accent real or fake?
Nothing fake about redneck English…… I reckon..

My friends would say I am...
Gnarly.

Any pets?
No.

What reality TV show would you pick to star in and why?
Reality can’t be found on TV.

What is your trick for deflecting the advances of podium girls?
Who’s deflecting?

Why would anybody choose to ride their bike UP a mountain, when you can just go downhill all the time?
Why would you shave your legs when you can let it grow?

When you signed on with the team, did I remember to mention that Mathieu prefers you to use two dryer sheets when doing his laundry and that Geoff requires his coffee brewed at exactly 93 degrees C°?
I don’t know about the laundry, but I can make some good coffee.

Most importantly, when washing the truck Gary needs you to scrub in a counter-clockwise pattern.
All I got to say is okay

What’s the deal with the Space Needle? Does anybody really know what the point is?
The point is that the restaurant in the Space Needle spins around in a circle.

Which Seattle musician doesn’t fit this list--Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Kenny G, Jimi Hendrix, Alice in Chains or Sound Garden?
Kenny G’s from Seattle?…….. It’s almost like he sings through his horn.