Muddbunnies Introduces: Anne “Killer” Galyean

Meet Anne “Killer” Galyean. A smokin’ hot rider from down south.

• Name – Anne Adelicia Galyean
• Nicknames – Killer, Annabelle
• Age – 24
• Riding Since – Spring 2009
• Current Bike(s) –Trek Session 88, Dorado, Elka Stage 5, Kovachi-built wheels, Profile Racing drivetrain, Hayes Stroker Aces, Answer components, Team – East Coast Gravity Pros/ Kovachi Wheels
• Team Sponsors – Trek Bikes Atlanta, Kovachi Wheels, Hayes Bicycle Group, Profile Racing,
  Astral Gear, T.H.E. Industries, L.h. Thomson components, MRP chainguides, Specialized Tires, Elka Suspension, Progold Lubricants, Five.Ten Shoes
• Riding Style – downhill
• Racing Highlights – 2009 Snowshoe, WV Powerade Race Series I (1st Intro), II (1st Am.), III (1st Pro), 2009 Beech Mtn Triple Crown, NC II (1st Open Women),, III (1st Open Women)
  2010 Gravity East Series: Massanutten, VA 1st Cat 1 (would have been 1st Pro by 4 sec)
  Riding Highlights – Racing in the 2010 U.S. Open Pro Women’s class, after riding for 1 year. I was so nervous; I crashed all over the place! I learned so much watching the Pro riders on thecourse, and it really gave me something to work towards in my personal riding.
• Describe your best biking day – a cool, fall weekend of shuttling with my boyfriend and our dog!

• What discipline do you want to try? – Dirt Jumping. I’m currently saving up for a hard-tail/short travel to learn to get my flow on and learn finesse. My first season was on a 48lb beast of a bike, so I learned to monster truck my way down before I learned to be smooth.
• Fav Female Rider and why? – Melissa Buhl. She is an intellectual academic as well as a Pro
  Downhill racer. She gives me hope that juggling both is possible!
• Fav Male Rider and why? – My boyfriend, Drew, because rides for love of the sport and enjoys every run to its fullest, regardless of whether it is a race or a day of shuttling with friends. He is also the first to tell me to get my head out of it when I’m taking it too seriously.
• Best Trick you perform – Tricks just slow you down. Kidding, but my best trick is making it down a run in one piece.
• What has biking taught you? – To live life for myself and not to please others.
• Career? Student? What are you studying? – I have a B.S. in Chemistry and am currently
  working towards a PhD at UNC Chapel Hill investigating the isolation, separation, and
  characterization of engineered nanomaterials as contaminants in drinking water. Ideally, I will someday work at an environmental engineering firm designing small-scale water treatment facilities.

• Fav place to ride? – Snowshoe Mountain Bike Park, WV; Windrock, TN
• Fav people to ride with? – Drew, and my fellow East Coast Gravity team members: Chuck,
  Greg, and Ethan
• Headphones or no headphones when you ride? – no headphones
• Favourite music? – Metalcore and bluegrass.
• Other sports? – Water Polo. I play for the UNC Club Women’s Team as well as a local master’s team in my area.

• iphone or Blackberry or Android? – Android!
• Cats or Dogs? – Dogs
  
• Dream Bike – I have it!
• Favourite Biking Gear – 5.10 Shoes…. I have 3 pair: Karvers, Minaars, and my Desert Enforcers! Also a big fan of my T.H.E. Industries helmet that has been repainted with the molecular structure of adrenaline, and the periodic element of silver. Such a geek.
• Clipped in or Flats? – Both: clips for rocks and pedally courses and flats for loose or
  muddy.
• Shuttle or Climb? – Definitely shuttle.

Thanks Anne. We wish you a strong and injury-free race season.