Full Name : Carl Michael Decker
Hometown : Bend, OR
Town you live in now: Bend
Age : XXX
Married / Single : Single
Years on the circuit : 8
Sponsors : Giant, Shimano, FOX, Michelin, Easton, Lazer, Cytomax, Stan’s, Broadmark Capital.
Discipline : XC, STXC, Roadracing
Nickname: The Deckerator

1. Out of all your bikes, which is your favorite and why?
My townie, “The Green Lantern”, cuz we’ve been through a lot together and it’s easy to wheelie.

2. Who has the worst gas on the team?
Adam Craig loves peanuts, and Peanuts love to turn into mustard gas in Adam’s belly.

3. What do you think of Adam Craig?
Mustard Gas Notwithstanding, Adam is a Great guy. A real Charmer, that Adam. Makes me look bad on my bike sometimes, but I still love him like a sister.

4. What kind of car do you drive?
Yamaha Powered Chick Car (01 Celica GTS) flat black, Roxy stickers removed.

5. What finish are you most stoked about?
Ball-Burnished.

6. What do you think of Lance Armstrong?
I don’t like Lance Armstrong. He personifies everything evil about Roadracers to me. Met him on Mountain Bikes, but was unimpressed.

7. What do you do in the off-season?
I skate ski, snowboard, do shoddy bodywork in my garage, go out with friends, ride dirtbikes, drive like a hoodlum on local roads at night (with Adam Craig, of course), take 3 months off of the bike Cold Turkey.

8. What is a “Hot Carl”?
Find a working Girl, and for 150 bucks, you can find out. Or so I’m told…

9. What do you eat the day before a race?
Same stuff I usually do, lots of cereal, some meat hopefully.

10. Best drunken story?
Being a gay guy magnet this newyear’s @ a fur/feather/leather party. Somehow my feathered wings, leather chaps, fur pasties, and cowboy boots gave people the wrong impression? WTF?

11. Favorite reality TV show?
None.

12. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Still living in Bend, but maybe racing rally cars at an amateur level.

13. Any thoughts on President Bush?
I still can’t believe he was reelected. Spooky.

14. Do you ever want to get married and have kids?
Yeah. Not yet.

15. If you could be a professional in any other sport which would it be?
WRC driver. (World Rally Championship)

16. What is your best finish and where was it?
Won a NORBA Short Track last year on a Road Bike @ Infineon. STXC courses have been better ever since.

17. What is your favorite part of the bike?
Rubber

18.Right now who is the guy to beat?
Norba wise, the guy to beat is usually Geoff K-Bizzle Kabush. He’s the man.

19.What do you think of your teammates?
It’s nice to stay with people that don’t suck. My Giant family is great. Adam’s Gas aside.

20. What is your favorite kind of course? (Example)
I like riding new stuff that’s different from the high and dry Bend riding. The World Cup @ Ft William Scotland is swell.